What is glaringly missing from city dems response to crime.

NOT ONE WORD ABOUT THE ILLEGAL DRUG TRADE

THEIR SILENCE IS VERY TELLING

We see big city democrat leaders now getting on the tough on crime bandwagon, from Lori Lightweight in Chicago or Eric Adams in New York we hear them finally admitting they have a serious problem that could spell the further decline of the nation's cities. We hear them spout illegal guns and poverty as the cause of their problems, with solutions that everyone knows will be ineffective. None of them made mention of the illegal drug wars that are part of this illegal trade in drugs. From fighting over territory to enforcing failed debt repayments it just goes on every day with the mounting casualties of participants and collateral damage of innocent bi-standers.

Hey Americans, can you no longer put 2+2 together and realize by their silence that these politicians on both side of the isle are in on the lucrative benefits of the illegal trade. When have you ever heard of a politician being prosecuted for receiving pay-offs from cartels or even low level traffickers. We have seen how Drug money has totally corrupted many countries south of our border. While we would like to believe it is just the corrupt politician who are the problem, we should understand that many realize they will take the money or the lead. That is the business plan that they have to deal with.

With over 100,000 overdose deaths a year and millions of ruined lives, the war on drugs is lost. With the influence of hollywood and the entertainment industry, drug use is now mostly an accepted and expected part of life in America.

While the deaths and ruined lives is an appalling situation for those who made a bad choice to engage in this behaviour. A choice they made freely and should know the risks associated with any abuse of drugs.  We could eliminate drug use if we would round up and execute all drug users, much like China did to combat their opium trade in the past. Realistically that will never happen in America, nor should it.

Do we really believe we can eliminate this problem by passing laws and getting tough on drug use and trafficking. After 50 years of this experiment it is time to admit it has not worked. 

We must recognize that drug use is a personal choice with serious consequences and all our efforts have corrupted our political and legal system and have been mostly ineffective. Society is suffering because of this use and trafficking in drugs. As long as their is the huge financial incentive there will never be a solution to this problem.

But there is a solution and that is to eliminate the profit out of the illegal drug trade. The only way to do that is enlist American farmers and drug manufacturers to manufacture every possible drug that people desire and the federal government buy it with a reasonable marginal profit. Then the Federal government would distribute these drugs at a ridiculously low price that would make any illegal drug business uncompetitive, even if they would have to make it free..

Such a plan would put the damaging effects of drug use solely on those who make the decision to engage in this dangerous and destructive behaviour and minimize the damaging effects on the rest of society. It would be a personal responsibility solution.

While I expect such a solution will be a hard fight to be acceptable, but as the consequences of the corruption and destruction this illegal trade is causing become more evident it is a viable solution. Are we going to allow the irresponsible behaviour of the irresponsible to take the whole country down. I would expect it would change the political calculations of many politicians who are now torn between enforcing the law and staying alive. It would likely cause the destruction of many countries economies south of our border, but then they also could rebuild with a real economy with far less corruption. We must realize that 50 years of the present policies have been ineffective and have corrupted our political and legal system. It is time to take a different approach to an escalating problem.