War On Drugs Satire

The war on drugs has been going on for some time. The war on drugs refers to the government’s attempts to stop the circulation of drugs. This includes the production, selling, and transport of illegal drugs, in order to reduce drug abuse. This war has been going on since the 1900’s. The bureau of justice reported that fifty five percent of federal prisoners and twenty one percent of state level prisoners are incarcerated on the basis of drug related offenses( ). That amounts to about half a million people for scale that’s more people than live in Wyoming. The war on drugs has been going on for thirty years now. The war has made a significant impact on society, the economy and has made a lot of history gaining spotlight time along the

way. Around the 1960’s recreational drug use in the United States began to rise and this led to the founding of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs in 1968. One year later in the month of September on the twenty first operation intercept essentially closed the Mexican border. This was an attempt to limit the smuggling of marijuana from Mexico. Their attempts were noticed widespread as it caused economic hardships on both sides of the border and didn’t affect the flow of marijuana into the United States as they has expected. More organizations were founded to try and tackle the War on Drugs. In 1970 NORMAL or the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws was founded by a man named Keith Stroup. The group lobbied for decriminalization of marijuana. Continuing to gain popularity around the world a big break in the month of may in the year 1971 it was reported that soldiers I Vietnam had reportedly developed addictions to heroin. That same year president Nixon declared the initial War on Drugs naming it “public enemy number one” in the United States. In 1975 November twenty second a large cocaine seizure indicated significant growth of cocaine trade. If you pay attention you will understand that what is demonstrated through all of this mess is that the attempts to end the so called War on Drugs actually fueled it and gave it leeway. The 1975 cocaine seizure was an excellent example of this. For some people drug dealing is their way of life it’s how they survive and support their family day to day. There are many ways in this world to get ahead. Some are easier than others some are harder. You do what you have to in order to survive. The danger involved in attaining and holding yours is high. It’s hard when you are forced into a system that’s plotting against you. You never know when your last day could be so you live every day like it is your very last. It seems impossible to make something out of nothing especially when someone is always breathing down your neck plotting for your downfall.

That’s the struggle right? And they say ‘oh it’s a choice’, ‘oh that’s bad you won’t ever amount to anything.’ Truth be told it’s not always a choice, and a lot even though few do in fact amount to be something, even fortune five hundred CEO’s. There is no guarantee you will make it until tomorrow or that you will one day be a fortune five hundred CEO, but there is always a chance. Personally, I think the government’s attempts to end the War on Drugs failed and are worthless. Drug production, use, transportation, and so forth is so widespread there is no way to stop it. Dealing with this war is kind of like dealing with children in my opinion; you tell them not to do something and immediately they want to do it, or the moment you care they intend to rebel. In this case the drug dealers have succeeded. So why keep fighting a war you have initially lost? There is no point. As demonstrated in the state of Colorado with the legalization of marijuana, criminal activity and numerous other accounts have decreased greatly. In fact they have bettered our economy in such a small amount of

time. At some point you have to realize that the solution to this problem is to legalize it and regulate it. Think about it, if you tell someone they can do something legally that that have been doing illegally I the past for some time they are more willing to comply with the rules and guidelines you set as long as they get what they want. The war on drugs to me is a pointless war because government will never win it as long as big drug dealer operations are in play. Think about the cartel and the mafia. They have been around so long. The government has intercepted their operations and it cost lives and multiple problems. Yeah, sure they took out some bosses but the mafia and cartel still exist today. There will always be someone to take the last person’s spot. Ending the War on Drugs is nearly impossible, its really not even a war just a bunch of drug addicts and dope dealers. If its been working why bother with it?