I’m a retired 30 year cop. The drug war has caused a considerable decrease in our rights, our liberty and our privacy. It has cost the lives of innocent people, perverted the govt and the criminal justice system and turned police depts into militarized seize the money pimps. Your way is more tyranny.
I entered my 20’s, and became politically aware, as it were, about the time the Drug War was gearing up in earnest under Reagan. I knew then that the laws being passed, and the reasoning behind them, would come back to bite conservatives in the ass. I also knew that I’d get quite a chuckle out of it when it happened. I can think of any number of things that have spread beyond the Drug War, from asset forfieture to SWAT raids, that FReepers bitch about, moaning “How did this happen?”. The Drug War. That’s how it happened. And they supported every step of the way. Enjoy.