WASHINGTON - Canada is the leading supplier of the drug ecstasy in North America and a growing producer of methamphetamine for markets around the world, a new United Nations report has found.
Can we get the Liberals and their per senators to get tough on these criminals now?
Crime bill fight bogs down in Senate By ELIZABETH THOMPSON, NATIONAL BUREAU Last Updated: 23rd June 2009
Justice Minister Rob Nicholson accused the Liberals of being soft on crime yesterday, saying the Senate is stalling legislation needed to protect Canadians.
"Liberal softness on crime is demonstrated again and again by gutting our crime legislation, tying it up in red tape and playing procedural games so that it never becomes law," Nicholson said.
As long as a) Canadians are making money off it; b) the drugs and, therefore, the harmful effects of the drugs are being exported, why should we care? It's the same as the Chinese sending us their leadpaint-laced, shitty plastic childrens' toys. If there's demand for this shit in other countries and money to be made on it, let's do it. Let's just make sure the manufacturers are paying their taxes.
"Lemmy" said As long as a) Canadians are making money off it; b) the drugs and, therefore, the harmful effects of the drugs are being exported, why should we care? It's the same as the Chinese sending us their leadpaint-laced, shitty plastic childrens' toys. If there's demand for this shit in other countries and money to be made on it, let's do it. Let's just make sure the manufacturers are paying their taxes.
Should we start selling uranium to whoever can afford it also? How about asbestos? As long as it's somewhere else, what should we care?
This is just more of the stupid "prohibition" argument that folks haven't thought out.
Should we start selling uranium to whoever can afford it also?
Sure. Why not?
"ridenrain" said
How about asbestos?
Sure, and we already do.
"ridenrain" said
As long as it's somewhere else, what should we care? This is just more of the stupid "prohibition" argument that folks haven't thought out.
That's right. We shouldn't care. And in most respects, we don't. We sell all kinds of shit that can cause people harm. It's not the seller's job to be the buyer's daddy. Caveat emptor, buyer beware.
That may be you're vision of a "just" Canadian society, but it's not mine. This makes me wonder how much of this blood money finds its way into political coffers.
Given what goes into ecstasy to manufacture it I would say make it an automatic attempted murder charge for amyone caught manufacturing it, same for meth, lsd and anything else that the cops have to wear enviroment suits when disassembeling a lab. Leagalization of Marijuana is one thing, ecstasy kills people, I've seen it happen.
"sandorski" said Getting "tough on Criminals" doesn't stop Crime. Especially when the Payoff is so lucrative. Legalize.
Yeah, because that won't create thousands upon thousands of more labs to ship the pills around the world. I love being the planet's Pariah. I really do.
Legalization will just make this happen more, probably put even more people at risk, and will attract the criminal elements of the United States, Europe, and Asia, making their own crime labs to export.
We're number one!
By ELIZABETH THOMPSON, NATIONAL BUREAU
Last Updated: 23rd June 2009
Justice Minister Rob Nicholson accused the Liberals of being soft on crime yesterday, saying the Senate is stalling legislation needed to protect Canadians.
"Liberal softness on crime is demonstrated again and again by gutting our crime legislation, tying it up in red tape and playing procedural games so that it never becomes law," Nicholson said.
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/canada/ ... 6-sun.html
How will legalizing in Canada make any difference?
I wondered why I felt so at home here... Now I know...
As long as a) Canadians are making money off it; b) the drugs and, therefore, the harmful effects of the drugs are being exported, why should we care? It's the same as the Chinese sending us their leadpaint-laced, shitty plastic childrens' toys. If there's demand for this shit in other countries and money to be made on it, let's do it. Let's just make sure the manufacturers are paying their taxes.
Should we start selling uranium to whoever can afford it also? How about asbestos?
As long as it's somewhere else, what should we care?
This is just more of the stupid "prohibition" argument that folks haven't thought out.
Should we start selling uranium to whoever can afford it also?
Sure. Why not?
How about asbestos?
Sure, and we already do.
As long as it's somewhere else, what should we care? This is just more of the stupid "prohibition" argument that folks haven't thought out.
That's right. We shouldn't care. And in most respects, we don't. We sell all kinds of shit that can cause people harm. It's not the seller's job to be the buyer's daddy. Caveat emptor, buyer beware.
This makes me wonder how much of this blood money finds its way into political coffers.
Leagalization of Marijuana is one thing, ecstasy kills people, I've seen it happen.
Getting "tough on Criminals" doesn't stop Crime. Especially when the Payoff is so lucrative. Legalize.
Yeah, because that won't create thousands upon thousands of more labs to ship the pills around the world. I love being the planet's Pariah. I really do.
Legalization will just make this happen more, probably put even more people at risk, and will attract the criminal elements of the United States, Europe, and Asia, making their own crime labs to export.
Why would be want to create a safe heaven for criminals?