Would it help the war on terror to end the war on drugs?

Legalization of drugs is not a good idea. Education and rehabilitation is much better. But,as long as there is a demand for drugs there will be those who will seek to provide them. Perhaps everyone who wants to do herion should go to Ahfganistan, Those who want to do cocaine can go to Columbia, and these who want meth can go to the trailer park down the street. Then we just give them all enough to kill themselves. Then in 6 weeks we sent in a clean up and burial crew. No more drug users no more illegal money no more terrorist....oooh no more drug users anyway.

There is to many people in the world to ever stop drugs.It is like a disease when you close down one place it opens up some where else ,just like cancer, it eats away at you. There will always be drugs, consider it like the war, get it Slowed down in one country and then all h - - - break es out some where else. the bible says there will be wars and rummer of war to the end of time, that is the way it going to be with drugs.

Queen Bee

Terrorism is just a term.

What you are saying is illegal activities are financed by income generated from illegal activities, which is absolutely true and will remain so forever.

Socrates had said that Laws are made for the good people because the bad will always find a way around them!

So, I gues, the fight is between the good and the bad and NOT between legal and illegal!

I guess most of drug trafficking happens in Afghanistan, Its poor farmers plant opium poppy as their only source of income for decades and they don't know anything else as a replacement, there are many traffickers that are not terrorist and consider their job as a honest business over there!!

Now, legalizing drugs might reduce the price of drug and probably many other countries start planting poppy so these poor farmers won't have any income and they may consider joining terrorist groups to earn money, remember Afghanistan is one of the poorest and uneducated countries in the world.

But educating people and teaching them planting other products or small industries and etc can help solving the chronic drug trafficking problem.

Yes Cassandra, 100 times yes. We have been wasting money for years on the ridiculous idea that is the Drug war. Do you realize what could be done with all those tax payer dollars that have been wasted? How about giving it back to all of us who have payed for the silly idea in the first place.

Not end the war on terror, but pay for the war on terror. The taxes made on the drugs could go directly into paying for the war. NO new taxes or tax hike to pay for the war. Oh I like that Idea.

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OUR GOVT!. Did you know that the WAR on drugs have been around a LONG time? AS long as you have "dope heads" you will have drugs When you say that, something ain't right, and I think CHENEY told you Nuke the drugs and they will find another reason to ---Murder. My apology for seemeng mean. But I HATE to see what the polititians are doing to America. again, sorry.

There are other black markets to exploit, but it would sure help countries in the Andean Region.

Not only would it do that, but it would put many many many US drug dealers out of business, and slow cash flow of billions of US dollars.