Drug-War Justice for the Rich and Powerful

Freedom Daily ^ | December 2002 | James Bovard

[MrLeRoy]

as a nation do we become more immoral by condoning imorality?

To legalize is not to condone; society is more than just government.

Do we send the wrong message to our young people when we say drugs are "legal"?

Government is not the proper channel for sending messages to young people (or anyone else).

[Stew Padasso]

"To legalize is not to condone; society is more than just government."

Yep, and throwing money at it is not the answer either.

Churches, volunteer organizations, friends and family are better suited to address these challenges, not federal bureaucrats and LEO's with their retirement plan at risk. They are not concerned with ending the WOD, only an increase in their budgets.

If in WOD fantasy land, everyone were to stop using drugs, where would all the bureaucrats go? What would they do? The sad truth is that they know there is no end and their future is secure on the backs of drug addicts.

[MrLeRoy]

Churches, volunteer organizations, friends and family are better suited to address these challenges, not federal bureaucrats and LEO's with their retirement plan at risk. They are not concerned with ending the WOD, only an increase in their budgets.

Funny how some "conservatives" want government raising kids when it comes to drugs.

[Stew Padasso]

Conservative America. Shed your responsibilities to faceless bureacrats.

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

Both of you make excellent points. I am a conservative, Christian Republican.. right on the edge of being a Libertarian... it's just that I can't take the whole "Ayn Rand" philosophy because it conflicts in part with my "Christian" side..... yet on the issue we speak of in this thread, I think I have to agree with you. We are going about the "war on drugs" with a no-win approach.