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Understanding,and Finding Solutions to,
Today’s Prohibition
Understanding,and Finding Solutions to,
Today’s Prohibition
Pete GuitherPete Guither
Cocaine EradicationCocaine 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.
•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.
Cocaine InterdictionCocaine Interdiction
•1986-1994 — The DEA seized over one million kilograms of Cocaine.
•1986-1994 — The DEA seized over one million kilograms of Cocaine.
A380 AirbusA380 Airbus
AfghanistanAfghanistan
MarijuanaMarijuana
•Mexico
•Canada
•Backyards
•Closets
•Mexico
•Canada
•Backyards
•Closets
Arrest and IncarcerationArrest and Incarceration
The United States has5% of the world’s population,but 25% of the world’s prison
population
The United States has5% of the world’s population,but 25% of the world’s prison
population
What Prohibition DoesWhat Prohibition Does
Jack Cole, Law Enforcement Against
Prohibition
Jack Cole, Law Enforcement Against
Prohibition
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Those who Love Prohibition
Those who Love Prohibition
Prohibition Side-effectsProhibition Side-effects
Illegal Alcohol StillIllegal Alcohol Still
Illegal Meth LabIllegal Meth Lab
Drug War VictimsDrug War Victims
The Cons of ProhibitionThe 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
• 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 stillAnd people stillabuse drugs!abuse drugs!
The cons of LegalizationThe 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
•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
The solutionThe solution
•Treatment. Education.
•Not “tough on drugs” but “smart on drugs”
•Legalize and Regulate.
•Treatment. Education.
•Not “tough on drugs” but “smart on drugs”
•Legalize and Regulate.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition www.LEAP.ccLaw Enforcement Against Prohibition www.LEAP.cc
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