More police lies

With the current gang war raging in the lower mainland,police have taken to exagerating their victories and downplaying the reality that this war is all about the drug trade and the failure of our drug laws to control or even mitigate the trafficking of said drugs.Today an officer/spokesperson for one force or another was claiming that the recent seizure of guns and ammunition showed that criminals were using bullets that had the power to penetrate bullet proof vests.What they failed to mention was than any sporting rifle uses ammunition that would blow through a vest without slowing down.That's why they're called high power rifles and they are not illegal.What we are getting from our politicians is a lot of redundant legislation plus the piggy backing of drug legislation on top of the gang issue.The police will not reduce the drug trade with their current tactics.What they are doing is creating a market in which only the most vicious can survive.Like their models in the good ol USA,local cops are repeating all the same mistakes that have the Americans jailing more people than anywhere in the world.Canada,in my day,used to out imprison the Americans.The current crop of judges,the ones people are screaming at,were defence lawyers at that time and saw not only a lot of police misconduct and brutality but that what was happening was doing no good.Unfortunately,their efforts to try and send a message that it would no longer be business as usual were used by local police to create an open drug market that has led to a situation where we have none of the benefits of legalization and all of the problems are just multiplied.The war on drugs is a total failure and it has destroyed more lives than all the drugs combined.People that are cycled in and out of prison never come to any realization of what they're doing to themselves.They're in a race to have as much fun when out to make the time inside less brutal.In my day,we used to go to jail every 3-6 months until we had a run and then we went to jail for years.There were no more successes then than there are now and that must say something?Treatment is great for those who are ready to quit.Most addicts come to that point several times in their lives.I never did.The vast majority of addicts I know either died addicted or quit some time in their fifties.I don't know why but I think it's because they just can't get high any more.I know I can't but at 60 I need narcotics for considerable pain,which I have yet to be able to mitigate.The police have always lied to do their job.They lie in court to get convictions.They lie to the press to further whatever their current agenda is.They lie to politicians because they want more jobs and higher pay and they lie to the public for so many reasons besides these.Police officers know the drug war is a loser and a waste of resources.They won't admit it for their own reasons.It's imperative that anyone that wants to know the truth about the gang war and the war on drugs do a little research.The drug laws are based on racisist and fear based rantings of a few men who lived at the turn of the last century.The same time that has caused governments to apologize for their misdeeds.The war on drugs will be another of the relics from that era that will one day result in apologies from a lot of people.How many more young men must fall into the trap of gang life or addiction through ignorance?We have to give better drug information to the young and stop this just say no bullshit.It doesn't work.