Comments on: Lacking Perspective http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/5034.html Some Chicago Boyz know each other from student days at the University of Chicago. Others are Chicago boys in spirit. The blog name is also intended as a good-humored gesture of admiration for distinguished Chicago boys including those pictured above. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:24:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Chicago Boyz » Blog Archive » My “I Told You So” Post http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/5034.html/comment-page-1#comment-290703 Chicago Boyz » Blog Archive » My “I Told You So” Post Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:35:36 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/5034.html#comment-290703 [...] have been writing for years about the illegal immigration situation in the United [...] [...] have been writing for years about the illegal immigration situation in the United [...]

]]> By: John http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/5034.html/comment-page-1#comment-79273 John Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:59:24 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/5034.html#comment-79273 The answer is actually the paragraph after you claim to provide the answer. Drug running is profitable. The way to eliminate the profits is to legalize it. It won't make addiction rates worse - in 1914 (prior to which cocaine was available at grocery stores - no prescription) 1.3% of the US were cocaine addicts. In 1979, prior to the "War on Drugs", 1.3% of the US were cocaine addicts. In 1999, after almost 20 years of the "War on Drugs", 1.3% of the US were cocaine addicts. http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=331 Gangs in the 1950s could purchase guns by mail order. Most gang wars were fought with knives, anyway. After all, they weren't fighting for something that valuable. Add a lucrative drug market, and gangs have something more worth defending. The answer is actually the paragraph after you claim to provide the answer. Drug running is profitable. The way to eliminate the profits is to legalize it. It won’t make addiction rates worse – in 1914 (prior to which cocaine was available at grocery stores – no prescription) 1.3% of the US were cocaine addicts. In 1979, prior to the “War on Drugs”, 1.3% of the US were cocaine addicts. In 1999, after almost 20 years of the “War on Drugs”, 1.3% of the US were cocaine addicts.

http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=331

Gangs in the 1950s could purchase guns by mail order. Most gang wars were fought with knives, anyway. After all, they weren’t fighting for something that valuable. Add a lucrative drug market, and gangs have something more worth defending.

]]> By: jimbino http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/5034.html/comment-page-1#comment-77491 jimbino Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:07:19 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/5034.html#comment-77491 Of course the answer is: Because Drugs are illegal. Make cellphones illegal and you can increase the violence tenfold. The greatest threat to our lives and freedom is the United States Government! Of course the answer is: Because Drugs are illegal. Make cellphones illegal and you can increase the violence tenfold.

The greatest threat to our lives and freedom is the United States Government!

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