Posted on 07/16/2014 8:31:07 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Reich said, "We are implicated in a variety of ways. We are the customers. I mean, if there weren't a lot of Americans seeking marijuana and heroin and cocaine," adding "there would not be a drug war, there would not be violence in Central America and Mexico and the corridors, the highways taking a these drugs to American customers."
Reich said therefore the unaccompanied minors are "refugees from our drug war" and to send them home would be to "force them back to death." He added to those who disagree with his position, "When did our country become so mean spirited?"
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Ol Robert comes up a bit short on his reasoning.
Sounds like what Rand Paul believes.
Something tells me that legalized crack cocaine and crystal meth is not going to help us here, Robert.
To get the whites and the blacks busy gambling and using drugs to raise tax $$$, and then we must hire more and more ‘immigrants’ to do everything for us as great numbers of us are slaves to addiction, .
Some Libertarians hate me for pointing this out.
Great, send all these vermin to Mr. Reich’s neighborhood.
When is this guy going to become gone?
Robert Reich should be declared and assclown turd.
He want’s mean spirited? How’s this: “Shut up, you little midget!”
Sounds like what Rand Paul believes.
Central America exports billions of dollars worth of coffee and flowers to the US without violence. Rand Paul might be on to something.
Something tells me that legalized crack cocaine and crystal meth is not going to help us here, Robert.
Question is whether the drug war makes things worse.
Ten years ago, Portugal decriminalized all drugs. One decade after this unprecedented experiment, drug abuse is down by half:
Health experts in Portugal said Friday that Portugal’s decision 10 years ago to decriminalise drug use and treat addicts rather than punishing them is an experiment that has worked.
“There is no doubt that the phenomenon of addiction is in decline in Portugal,” said Joao Goulao, President of the Institute of Drugs and Drugs Addiction, a press conference to mark the 10th anniversary of the law.
The number of addicts considered “problematic” — those who repeatedly use “hard” drugs and intravenous users — had fallen by half since the early 1990s, when the figure was estimated at around 100,000 people, Goulao said.
Other factors had also played their part however, Goulao, a medical doctor added.
“This development can not only be attributed to decriminalisation but to a confluence of treatment and risk reduction policies.”
Many of these innovative treatment procedures would not have emerged if addicts had continued to be arrested and locked up rather than treated by medical experts and psychologists. Currently 40,000 people in Portugal are being treated for drug abuse. This is a far cheaper, far more humane way to tackle the problem. Rather than locking up 100,000 criminals, the Portuguese are working to cure 40,000 patients and fine-tuning a whole new canon of drug treatment knowledge at the same time.
None of this is possible when waging a war.
Some Libertarians hate me for pointing this out.
No, Libertarians hate the War on the Bill of Rights, the militarization of our police force and the encroachment of the Federal government into areas of our life they are not empowered by the Article I, Section 8 and further that are reserved by the 10th amendment to the People and the States.
Good point. They become some of our home grown gangs, and we send the Hispanic illegal gang members back to central america. We need to figure out a better way to deal with both problems.
When he says "Americans", he means liberals.
When he says "We", he means all the people who'd test positive for drugs on a urinalysis test. Robert Reich needs to put his money where his mouth is (about as high as where my wallet is) and pee into a cup and submit it for testing.
I'll even go find a wee little thimble for him to pee in.
I remember when we had a “drug war” in central America we sent a bunch of troops down to Panama and arrested their President and dragged him back here and sent him to prison for life.
If these children are really drug war refugees, then we need a repeat of that action.
But everyone knows it’s all BU££$#!+.
Me: Robert Reich Should Be Declared 'Foolish Communist Dwarf Persona Non Grata'
I see Shory’s back
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