The War on Drugs funds terrorism
by David K. Williams, Jr. | 11:03 am, March 31, 2009 | 2 Comments
The front page of today’s Denver Post includes this article from the Associated Press:
WASHINGTON — American authorities are planning a broad new campaign to choke off the prime source of financing for terrorists in Afghanistan, sending in dozens of federal drug-enforcement agents to disrupt the country's massive opium trade and the money that streams to the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
Neither police nor military force can overcome market force. The only way to take away drug profits from the terrorists is by competition. Take away the price premium created by the black market, and the illegal profits dry up. Legalize the drugs and allow legitimate markets.
Phillip Morris and Anhueser-Busch sell legal drugs, and the profit does not go to terrorists.
The only argument against legalizing other drugs is that drugs are bad and it is unpalatable to legalize them. Granted.
But how unpalatable is terrorism? Ignoring the cost/benefit analysis does not make the cost go away. The cost of the “War on Drugs” includes terrorist funding.
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March 31st, 2009 @ 12:12 pm
We can always do like we did in Vietnam with the co-operation of the South Vietnamese: buy the crops ourselves and ship it to our troops and back home. There has always been a huge military run black market, it raided the Baghdad Museum for treasures at the same time we invaded, taking countless artifacts, and also is part of the reason for the increased opium growing. al-Qaeda doesn’t have the sophistication to turn it into heroin or bring it out to Europe, other, more established groups would have to do it…
April 1st, 2009 @ 1:21 am
It’s time for drastic changes on our failed War on Drugs.
http://pacificgatepost.blogspot.com/2009/04/war-on-drugs-time-for-change.html
Time to regain control of our streets and our sanity.