The last place that you might expect to find narcotics is within the walls of a high-security prison facility.
In order to keep drugs out of the community, we just need to get tougher, we need more cameras, more laws, more security. If you've built yourself a fortress of security, then surely there's no way for narcotics to make it through the doors.
And if the inmates can't gain access to drugs on the outside, they'll quickly resort to using whatever they can obtain on the inside to try and get the job done.
Getting tough doesn't keep the product out.
The threat of criminalization just incentivizes individuals to come up with more creative ways to try and achieve their goals.
The prisons around the United States are filled with individuals who have been charged with crimes relating to drug use and possession etc, and yet the system can't even keep drugs out of their revenge correctional facilities.
Get caught for drugs and go to prison, where you'll end up getting more access to drugs.
The war on drugs has proven that it cannot keep drugs out of homes in the community, schools, off the streets, or even out of prisons.
It's time to acknowledge the failures and consider that the billions of dollars that's being spent on this pipe dream has been too much, for too long, and has ruined millions of lives in the process. The war on drugs has arguably done nothing but make matters worse in that the actions involved have helped expand drug networks, reduce prices, and increase prevalence. How many more decades are we going to pretend like this has been a good decision? The evidence of failure is clear, despite the personal preferences and financial incentives of some who would prefer to continue with the status quo.
