Negril Police victims of theft

[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.

[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

[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.

[541lion]

Medicinal cocaine for 2016

[TAH]

Lol

[jon c.]

Medicinal cocaine for 2016

They've had medicinal cocaine forever. I used to work in a hospital pharmacy and the secure room had a whole wall full of bottles. Powder and flake. Can't imagine what that would have been worth on the secondary market.

[Troublemaker_420]

The war on drugs IS a failure, in every sense of the word. We spend billions of dolalrs and what is the end result? More drugs, of greater purity, available at lower prices than ever before. Exactly how can that be seen as an improvement over even doing nothing? We are paying billions, and having ZERO real impact. Those who want drugs still get drugs...period.