A movie that explains why drug crackdown fails, how to eradicate it

ByJohn Twohig

Until now, severe crackdowns to eliminate drugs have been done in the United States, but they have failed. Why is not effectiveness on drug crackdown and how can we eliminate drugs that prevail in society?Why The War on Drugs Is a Huge Failure"Is explained in an easy-to-understand manner with animation.

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In the 1970s, President Nixon said "Drag is the biggest enemy of society"Drug warWe declared the start of.


However, at the present time, this war ends in "failure".


As a result of trying to destroy drugs, the number of prisoners increased, social unrest increased ....


In South America violence inflicts and even human rights abuses that produce millions of victims have occurred.


The result of spending hundreds of millions of dollars each year strengthens criminal organizations dealing with drugs, and noticeable results have not been raised.


Will it really come up with a world without drugs, and if it is coming up, what kind of method is effective?


The government's strategy of drug war was to eliminate the drug itself.


As a result, over the decades arrests of sellers who are suppliers took place. However, there is no concept of "supply and demand" in this strategy.


In the market, generally, as supply decreases, the price of things rises.


And, as the price rises for many items, the demand drops. However, in the case of drugs there is no decline in demand, and there is no decline in price even if supply increases.


As a result, the willingness to produce increased and the drug industry expanded.


Even if one large contractor was destroyed in a state like a mollolk, another supplier will come up, so supply did not decrease.


To reduce the supply of drugs, the government restricted sales of chemicals, resulting in collapsed large factories ... ...


Instead, the number of small-scale contractors will increase, and substances that are not regulated will be used.


In order to cope with this situation, the government further crushed small-scale companies by further restrictions ... ...


The supply amount did not change. Now it is time for drugs to come in from Mexico.


They were good at smuggling well and the quality of the drugs was also high.


In other words, the efforts of the government have only been backfired, and the supply of drugs did not decrease.


Using the budget of 30 billion dollars (about 3.4 trillion yen), the government was controlled only by foreign drugs 1%. It was necessary not only to supply but also to see demand.


As a result, there is a condition that "regulation on drugs creates problems of drugs in reverse".


For example, the efficacy of a drug is strengthened because that person takes no place.


Likewise the current medicine, many alcoholic beverages were also strong during the abstinence age.


Also, drug ban is increasing violence worldwide.


Criminal organizations can not appeal to justice, so use violence.


One survey has reported that murder has increased by 25 to 75% due to drug war.


Mexico is particularly prominent and about 160,000 people have been killed between 2007 and 2014.


This is more than the number of people who died in Afghanistan and Iraq at the same time.


Also, the greatest loss in regulation of drugs is to confine people who do not act violently.


Worldwide, the population of the United States is only 5% of the world population ... ...


The number of prisoners is 25% of the world.


Punishment in the prison is severe, and infringement is also taking place.


The proportion of African-American prisoners is 40% of all US prisoners.


African boys are said to be 10 times more likely to be arrested for drugs than boys with white.


So, is there an exit on the spread of drugs?


In the 1980s, abuse of heroin became a social problem in Switzerland.


In Switzerland where HIV spread and town security became worse, in contrast to the United States, the method "to eliminate drug penalties" was taken.


And he founded a heroin management center.


In the heroin management center you get free heroin, you can also get clean syringes and needles.


In addition, shower and bed were prepared.


It is also possible to receive assistance from social workers.


As a result, narcotics related crime decreased, and two in three people were able to restart their life about regular work.


Currently, 70% of Swiss drug addicts go to the heroin management center.


The number of HIV patients dramatically decreased and the rate of poisoning death also fell to 50%.


Places related to drugs that existed in the city ......


It is now clean.


Not only is this method less costly, it gains high effectiveness.


Drug regulation is like throwing away money and human rights and creating a tragedy.


I ended the medicine war over 40 years, and the movie was concluded that it should be a better path now.