The Drug Problem:
a poisonous proposal

The velvet gloved hand of the law has been offered to oft to drug offenders. There is no clear way to stop the justice system's coddeling of this dangerous culture that thrives under our noses, in our own neighborhoods, on our school's playgrounds. When politicians call for tougher laws and more stringent enforcement against drug offenders they only pay lip-service to what will sound like a viable solution to those not educated in the ways of drug addicts and dealers and how law interacts with these people. Ten or even twenty years in prison for consumption of illegal substances would no more deter the criminals than current laws. For people that would steal, mug or murder for drugs, tougher anti-marijuana legislation isn't going to make them think twice about lighting or shooting up. In this way I am with those that are misguidedly for legalization of drugs. Law enforcement must turn blindly away from sellers, and buyers. Law was of little help during prohibition in bringing a stop to the big business of alcohol, and illegal drugs are as big business as MicroSoft or GE, bigger. What, then, do I propose? The eventual solution to the drug problem could be achieved by focusing on the seizure of product. We can not stop the drug flow, but we can seize a certain percentage of the drugs, lace them with anti-circulatory or anti-resperatory toxins, and rerelease them into problem areas throughout the country.

The drugs could be seized in a variety of ways. The best way would be to find known dealers and runners and give them legal immunity for assistance without stopping their money making ventures. Deals can be struck to temporarily relieve them of product while it is being mixed with lethal toxins and then given back so they can sell it just as they normally would have. As long as they continue to generate an income as they always have, these cold-blooded killers will not ask questions or be concerned with the fate of their users. Nor will they understand the long-term repercussion of their buying market being undermined and decimated. That is phase one of the solution and would continue until the problem was thoroughly wiped out.

A proponent of 'The Poisoner's Movement' is T.V.'s Judge Judy. Judge Judy noted how we coddle drug offenders with 'clean needle exchange programs,' that derive their funding from our tax dollars. These programs cost taxpayers millions of dollars each year. Judge Judy suggested not the end of these programs, which would have the appearance of being unsympathetic, but to "give 'em dirty needles and let 'em die." Or better yet, poisoned needles. Needle exchange programs are legal and could easily be used to infiltrate the intravenous drug users culture. Will this be enough to bring a stop to this country's #1 problem?

Our research department has noted that 38% of drug abusers are likely to quit out of fear of death during the first year of phase one. Whereas only 8% per year would come into contact with tampered product and have a fatal systems failure. For those of you that can't do the math that would be a 46% decrease in our nations substance abusers which is 46% more than current law enforcement practices have detered. Our program would also save billions of dollars every year. Over 125 billion to be precise. Currently over 200 billion dollars is spent every year in the war on drugs. That averages out to about $800 dollars a piece for every law-abiding American in tax dollars to help safeguard our nation's future from total moral collapse in the hands of so-called 'fellow citizens.' It is clear they are not truly 'fellow citizens' since they have defected from our union as much as the south defected in the 1800's. They threaten the unity and fabric of the United States. Sadly, this means casualties. Our poisonous proposal will kill, but it destroys lives already unlived. These are people that most likely would have overdosed, contracted AIDS, committed suicide or killed others. It is irrational to weep too many tears for their deaths when their deaths mean the safety and well-being of all of us.

There is some worry that families' of drug abusers who die from ingestion of tampered drugs would seek legal compensation by suing our government. Legally, a terms and conditions type warning could stop that. If it were announced that street drugs were now more lethal than ever, and all addicts of all illegal drugs were in danger of ingesting more toxins than they bargained for, then the drug addict's families would have no legal recourse against the federal, state and local governments. They died engaging in an illegal activity. There is therefore no legal way to justify any compensation for their deaths whether they be life long abusers or first timers heading down that road. How can we not coddle the drug abusers if we continue to coddle their families?

Practicality, dictates immediate implementation of the Poisonous Proposal. Every man woman and child in America will save over $400 dollars in tax money each year. The nation's court systems will unclog and become more expediant in the prosecution and conviction of dangerous criminals. The prisons will not be at capacity risks and the problem of prison space will no longer be an issue. You must ask yourselves, "Is our program good?" You must ask youself, "Is it worth spending 200 billion dollars a year on a rapidly antiquating system of enforcement that convicts some and slaps others on the wrist while further ignoring others still?" If you answered either "yes" to the first question or "no" to the second then please consider our Poisonous Proposal as a political platform you would feel secure standing upon.

The Poisonous Proposal: Poisoning the poisoners' of life.

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