Posted on 06/23/2014 7:23:32 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Nothing good has come from this failed drug prohibition we’ve engaged in. (unless your livelihood depends on it - on one side or the other)
As with everything when it comes to government: when something has shown itself to be a failure, they just double down and give us MORE of it. What’s even worse is we need to look no further back than about 100 years ago to see the road map to where this ends, and we refuse to learn a damn thing from the history which is there for all to see.
It’s not about the drugs, it’s about the power and money and violence.
Power for the cartels that are cashing in on prohibition. Money for the police force and governments who are profiting from asset seizure.Violence for the psychopaths who open on a street corner to protect their “turf” from another group of competing psychopaths. Power for the politicians who want to be seen as “tough on crime.” Money for a prison and legal industry that would see its bottom line crushed if they didn’t have the steady stream of inputs. Violence for swat teams who get to smash down doors and use all sorts of “cool” military hardware on the civilian populace under color of law.
Speaking for myself, I’m not seeing much to like about the drug war.
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