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<blockquote data-quote="audioholic" data-source="post: 6810489" data-attributes="member: 549629">Its not a very well publicized fact that the War on Drugs has made the drug habit problem in the US worse. Back when I was a fairly young kid, pot was everywhere and dirt cheap. Mostly imported from Mexico. Cocaine was only something you heard about, rich people had it, never saw it on the street for the average guy to buy or afford. Then Nancy Reagan strted her just say no campaign, the War on Drugs was scaled up, and everything changed.US clamped down on its borders tighter, making drug importing much more difficult. The drug smugglers who were bringing shipments on marijuana into this country changed their tactics. Since smuggling became harder, and the reality of being caught and sent to prison became more real, the smugglers changed their product of choice. Instead of hauling in large bales of marijuana, they changed to cocaine, a much smaller and more compact substance than marijuana, with much higher profit margins. Pot became harder to find (although still very accessible, a lot is grown locally now) and cocaine became a drug the average guy could find and afford to buy on the street. Cocaine has even become so prolific that the US has learned to cook it down, refine it, and create a new, stronger drug: crack cocaine.That&#039;s right, the US&#039;s attempt to squash drug abuse in this country has only served to push it&#039;s users to stronger drugs. The govt knows this trend exists, they know they helped cause it, yet they show no sign of stopping their war on drugs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="audioholic, post: 6810489, member: 549629"] Its not a very well publicized fact that the War on Drugs has made the drug habit problem in the US worse. Back when I was a fairly young kid, pot was everywhere and dirt cheap. Mostly imported from Mexico. Cocaine was only something you heard about, rich people had it, never saw it on the street for the average guy to buy or afford. Then Nancy Reagan strted her just say no campaign, the War on Drugs was scaled up, and everything changed. US clamped down on its borders tighter, making drug importing much more difficult. The drug smugglers who were bringing shipments on marijuana into this country changed their tactics. Since smuggling became harder, and the reality of being caught and sent to prison became more real, the smugglers changed their product of choice. Instead of hauling in large bales of marijuana, they changed to cocaine, a much smaller and more compact substance than marijuana, with much higher profit margins. Pot became harder to find (although still very accessible, a lot is grown locally now) and cocaine became a drug the average guy could find and afford to buy on the street. Cocaine has even become so prolific that the US has learned to cook it down, refine it, and create a new, stronger drug: crack cocaine. That's right, the US's attempt to squash drug abuse in this country has only served to push it's users to stronger drugs. The govt knows this trend exists, they know they helped cause it, yet they show no sign of stopping their war on drugs. [/QUOTE]

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