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Drugs & Terrorism
I searched but couldn't find this topic anywhere so I'm adding it. While drunk last night, I saw that commercial about Drugs supporting terror and a friend of mine says "that's so true." Though I felt like grabbing a baseball bat and beating him until he was able to think for himself, instead I supported my view on why it wasn't true & why he was an idiot. Today I sent something out over our chapter listserve about it cause I'm still annoyed, so read it and tell me what side you're on.
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As I am completely annoyed with the current television ads claiming that drug money funds terrorism, I want to vent. Not to mention I talked to people who believe the ad was good. I guess it's ok to blame drug users for doing bad things, but not for deaths of thousands of people, I'd say that is a bit pretentious, wouldn't you?
Moving along to my points.
Drug Money does not support terror significantly more than any other enterprise. I'm aware the ads intentions were to scare those too ignorant to think for themselves, but the propaganda is quite offensive in the regards of laying such heavy shit on those that use. Furthermore, is it not true that our oil money also supports terrorism, playing the stock market supports terrorism, aiding other nations in imminent war promotes terrorism(training bin Laden)...where does the boundary cease?
I read something pretty ironic..."Drug prohibition creates a business opportunity for terrorists--if you oppose legalizing drugs, you support terror, too. " It can come from both sides of the issue because they wouldn't get so much money if it was legal.
Heroin and Opium are Afghanistan's main cash crops...true. What's Kentucky's? Most consensuses I've read that incorporate drugs states that marijuana is our main cash crop. Does that mean that the state of Kentucky is somehow affiliated with the al Qaeda terrorist network and that avid drug users of the state fund their camps? I guess that's the question. Nevermind drawing lines between Afghanistan and al Qaeda as two separate entities...we'll pretend they're the same and that they were solely financed on drug money...it is an absurd world were living in anyway.
You could say that everything stated in the ads is true in a way. I guess you're right in a way, presuming you mean a way lacking anything resembling proper context.
But way to go ONDCP, way to capitalize off of thousands of deaths on that September Day
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