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Fentanyl is a terrible terrible problem. But all the history, statistics and research show that tougher laws and prison sentences will not fix it. It requires more innovative thinking than the traditional knee-jerk "get tough" reaction beloved of politicians because it wins them votes, but does not solve the problem.One problem with "getting tough on crime" is the mistaken assumption that criminals make a rational choice before they commit a crime, and weigh up the risk of lengthy prison terms etc against the act they are about to perform. Research shows they don't do this. They make an emotional decision based on many factors, including addiction, poverty, peer pressure, confused drug-addled thinking, egotistical belief they won't get caught etc etc. Rational decision making has nothing to do with it. So longer prison sentences etc don't enter the equation. The history, statistics and research bear this out over and over again with all kinds of crime all around the world.I think it was Einstein who supposedly said that doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result is the definition of insanity. Describes the War on Drugs to a T, after 60 years of doing the same old same old over and over and the problem continues to get worse.
Fentanyl is a terrible terrible problem. But all the history, statistics and research show that tougher laws and prison sentences will not fix it. It requires more innovative thinking than the traditional knee-jerk "get tough" reaction beloved of politicians because it wins them votes, but does not solve the problem.
One problem with "getting tough on crime" is the mistaken assumption that criminals make a rational choice before they commit a crime, and weigh up the risk of lengthy prison terms etc against the act they are about to perform. Research shows they don't do this. They make an emotional decision based on many factors, including addiction, poverty, peer pressure, confused drug-addled thinking, egotistical belief they won't get caught etc etc. Rational decision making has nothing to do with it. So longer prison sentences etc don't enter the equation. The history, statistics and research bear this out over and over again with all kinds of crime all around the world.
I think it was Einstein who supposedly said that doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result is the definition of insanity. Describes the War on Drugs to a T, after 60 years of doing the same old same old over and over and the problem continues to get worse.
