Negril Police victims of theft

[Shaggy]

why the hell are us tax payers paying their boats

[Accompong]

why the hell are us tax payers paying their boats

Ever hear of the failed effort called "War on Drugs"? Also, there is the issue of guns. Ganja goes to failed countries like Haiti where it is exchanged for guns. The Jamaican government needed those boats but couldn't afford to buy them. Probably cheaper in the long run to give them the boats than to suffer the consequences of not having them.

Peace and Guidance

[halfwaytree]

Ever hear of the failed effort called "War on Drugs"? Also, there is the issue of guns. Ganja goes to failed countries like Haiti where it is exchanged for guns. The Jamaican government needed those boats but couldn't afford to buy them. Probably cheaper in the long run to give them the boats than to suffer the consequences of not having them.

Peace and Guidance

Not to mention that that the U.S.A. spent 1.7 trillion dollars on an illegal war that it did not need to wage in Iraq. Purchasing a few boats for neighbouring states to help contain the war on drugs in the Caribbean is the least of the American taxpayer's worries.

[TAH]

There is no containing the "war on drugs". It's a completely failed policy that has backfired spectacularly.

[halfwaytree]

[QUOTE=TAH;173462]There is no containing the "war on drugs". It's a completely failed policy that has backfired spectacularly.[/QUOTE

We'll have to agree to disagree. Is the war on drugs winable? No! Can it be "somewhat contained" IMHO, yes.

Every time a shipment is confiscated it makes a dent. Yes, I know for every shipment that is found out by authorities, thousands of other shipments get through, so it is an unwinable war to be sure.

[TAH]

[QUOTE=halfwaytree;173463]

There is no containing the "war on drugs". It's a completely failed policy that has backfired spectacularly.[/QUOTE

We'll have to agree to disagree. Is the war on drugs winable? No! Can it be "somewhat contained" IMHO, yes.

Every time a shipment is confiscated it makes a dent. Yes, I know for every shipment that is found out by authorities, thousands of other shipments get through, so it is an unwinable war to be sure.

Yeah, we definitely disagree. No dents are made by intercepting a few shipments, prices just fluctuate to account for the loss. Some gets intercepted, enough gets through, and round and round we go. Meanwhile, cartels are richer than a lot of nation states, and violence and corruption runs rampant. The "war on drugs" is what created the cartels in the first place. The whole thing needs to be dropped. The only way to truly end this cycle is to legalize drugs.

[limeex2]

There is no containing the "war on drugs". It's a completely failed policy that has backfired spectacularly.

Have we had any wars lately that have succeeded?

[541lion]

Cannabis should have never been included in the war on drugs! That's a huge part of the problem right there! Instead of spending time looking for the real drugs they waste wayyyyyy to much time on ganja

[Shaggy]

they sure do

[541lion]

Medicinal cocaine for 2016