Detectives Seize Pound of Meth in Drug Bust

Keep up the good work, SBPD. This is the real crime gangs continue to inflict on our community. A gang injunction fights real crime. 100% support for your efforts.

Meth is probably the worse substance in the world but I can think of better ways to use public resources than playing nanny to prevent people from poisoning themselves.

The problem is that tweakers will steal anything and everything to support their habit and the groups and gangs that deal the crap are self contained crime waves.
So, better to decriminalize and tax the stuff while keeping it affordable enough that addicts will not steal everything that is not nailed down or bust the hell out of the dealers?

OMG, the end is near because me and itliansurg agree on something. :)

I love it when I agree with a normal debate opponent. Gives me hope.

Italiansurg: I assume you're including the hundreds of local kids taking Adderall. It's definitely a drug of abuse, but the DOD has used it extensively to prevent fatigue in combat troops since the beginning of WWll, and respected UCSB psych researchers recommend it for cognitive enhancement. Around 1% of the population will abuse drugs, regardless of drug laws or choice of drug, and drug laws have no effect other than the creation of a profitable industry involving law enforcement, prisons, court-ordered drug treatment and criminal suppliers.

The DoD also distributes amphetamines to pilots and other personnel .
Are those panga boats smuggling in beer, cigarettes, sugar?

Actually AZ you and I have agreed more than once in the past.
And no 14, I do not include Adderall because it has known uses that substantiate its value and it is already available.
And yes 14, we know that a given percentage of humans will abuse substances regardless of the laws for and against the substance.
Amphetamines are in a particularly galling classification not because they do not have demonstrable value but because they can be abused and therefore society cannot easily procure them. Not only can pilots stay awake but they have increased cognitive skills as well. If I attempt to prescribe any of the pure and controllable iterations, the paperwork I'd have to go through with the DEA is just stupid long...

Damn fine job officers, I hope you confiscated all their property too.
We really need to stop drugs the obvious way.
Test EVEREYBODY!
So simple.
Big cost saver! Though that can be a problem. Too many influential people out of a cushy job.

How much do you estimate it would cost to test "EVEREYBODY"?

Amused about how Oblati does not know the difference between the city police and the county sheriff. But he could use those beepers.

However, Everet Y. Body has good lawyers and will resist such a conspicuously obvious and effective test.

That is great, however this will get us(Americans) nowhere. They wasted months of time and money on this and they won't even get real jail time. We need to slash some wrists with this nasty meth c-rap and the low lifes dealing with it. Where is the gang related stuff? Sounds like their 'investigation' didn't get them anywhere. Where did they get it? What gang are they with? They will be on the streets next year(they probably are right now). Throw the book at these idiots. Even if they had a real job, they wouldn't be paying taxes, yet they have IDs and DLs