Slightly OT: Mexican Militias

[weswood]

Originally Posted by Targan

Surely it would be better to legalise (under tight regulation) some of the currently illegal drugs, tax the hell out of them, treat the inevitable addiction problems as a health issue rather than a criminal issue, and use some of the resulting massive revenue stream to help enforce the system and greatly improve accessibility to the healthcare system?

I mean, that might seem like crazy lefty talk, but is the system in place now working very well? I would say that very clearly it's not.

I think most of the right agrees with you. I consider myself conservatived and listen to conservative talk radio daily and most of the hosts and callers I hear agree.