08-01-2002, 04:55 PM
The war on drugs does nothing more than control how the money is divided. By controlling it, the powers that be can create a market for it and profit from it. Its simply a matter of politics. Where money can be made, you can be sure people will exploit the methods to their advantage. This paragraph pretty much sums up the whole problem...
Quote:"The only reason that coke is worth that much money is that it's illegal," argues Father Joseph Kane, a priest in a drug-ravaged Bronx neighborhood in New York City. "Pure cocaine is three times the cost of gold. Now if that's the case, how are you gonna stop people from selling cocaine?"