Understanding, and Finding Solutions to, Todays Prohibition

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Understanding,and Finding Solutions to, Todays
Prohibition

• Pete Guither

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Cocaine Eradication

• While Plan Colombia succeeded in eradicating
  thousands of acres of coca, the overall coca
  output increased, through improved farming
  methods and spreading the crops into less
  accessible locations.

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Cocaine Interdiction

• 1986-1994 The DEA seized over one million
  kilograms of Cocaine.

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A380 Airbus
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Afghanistan
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Marijuana

• Mexico
• Canada
• Backyards
• Closets

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Arrest and Incarceration
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The United States has5 of the worlds
population,but 25 of the worlds prison
population
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What Prohibition Does
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Jack Cole, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
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Those who Love Prohibition
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Prohibition Side-effects
Illegal Alcohol Still
Illegal Meth Lab
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Drug War Victims
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The Cons of Prohibition

• Enormous Taxpayer Costs in enforcement, courts,
  prisons
• Fueling crime through attractive black-market
  profits
• Creation of a prison/criminal class
• The lures to corruption
• Destruction of families and inner cities
• Racial implications
• Escalating violence (both sides)
• Not helping those who need it most

And people still abuse drugs!
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The cons of Legalization

• There may possibly be an increase of some unknown
  number of people in use and/or abuse of drugs
  (although evidence suggests otherwise).
• The message we send to children

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The solution

• Treatment. Education.
• Not tough on drugs but smart on drugs
• Legalize and Regulate.

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Law Enforcement Against Prohibition www.LEAP.cc
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Questions