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Entry: The War on Drugs Has Its Advantages Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/the_war_on_drugs_has_its_benefits#24711 Post contents: Mr. Roach should realize that the libertarians have many arguments against the Drug War. When you point that crimes decreased when police increased their presence, one could point out many other causal agents as well such as private security. I sugggest reading Bruce Benson's work to find out how non-government security works better than government faux security. http://www.independent.org/store/book_detail.asp?bookID=21 Also, realize that drugs like cocaine were legal about one-hundred years ago and the crime was not as bad. Of course different races, react differently to incentives considering the races are not just different from the outside. But, the fact is that the drug war has caused more crime than it has decreased since it puts innocent people in jail for non-crimes. Those innocent people will have a recidivism rate. Plus. the police are committing crimes by putting innocent people in jail. Nobody likes to mention that the police are the real criminals because everyone acts like they are just robots and the politicians are the criminals, but the police can refuse to carry out unconstitutional and immoral orders. They put the police in "police state". Sent at: 2008 08 08