Drugs

Next issue. I solve the drug crisis. I think its time for a different strategy.

First of all, how expensive are drugs. I went to the most reliable source - someone's blog - to find out approximately how much drugs would cost each day.

• Marijuana - $15 a day. Pretty much a bargain as illegal drugs go.
• Heroin - Up to $200 a day.
• Meth - $20
• Cocaine - $100
• Hallucinogens - There are different kinds, but seem to average about $50.

Its $100 billion a year. Their arguing about a $5 billion dollar wall. We could build 20 of those walls. We could wall in most of the countries in the world.

Why don't I use drugs? I'm a coward and a goody two shoes and have a big guilt complex. Now I see that I can add really, really expensive to the list of reasons not to use drugs.

What about other people. They could take my list and add the possibility of arrest, loss of friends, shame, divorce, dropping out of school, etc. These drugs must be pretty good. 

Well, nothing done so far has worked. Education, jail time, counseling. We've had wars on drugs and drug czars, etc, but they haven't been effective either.

So, what to do. 

I say we flood the market with bad drugs. You could make imitation of drugs that don't end up doing anything. Imagine spending like $100 a day for stuff that doesn't work. OK, better yet, make imitation drugs that like make you itch, uncontrollable hiccups, or whatever weird, disgusting thing you might think of. Finally, a good use for science.

This won't happen, of course, because our justice system is so soft-hearted. I've recorded a couple of Dateline NBC episodes. I've never watched one before, but now I'm into it.  One was about this guy "Dirty John". There was another show about this same guy on the Oxygen channel. He was the worst sleazeball ever. But he kept getting away with stalking, drugs, harassment, lying, you name it. But he kept getting away with it. Our justice system is like a really bad parent. He finally met his match when he tried to kidnap/kill a woman. She wrestled away the knife he was going to use on her. She stabbed him in the eye, because she knew that is how you kill zombies on The Walking Dead. Seriously. I love happy endings. But he got away with terrorizing dozens of women over the years up to that point. Make me Justice Czar and I'll fix things. OK?