[nathanbedford]

As one with radical libertarian views toward legalizing drugs, I nevertheless feel constrained to point out that it is fallacious to say that it is wrong to arrest some people for using drugs because we do not arrest other people for using drugs. We do not excuse speeders because other cars are also driven over the limit. Nor do we say that it is wrong to cite Black speeders because we do not cite white speeders proportionately.

Having said that, it is not inappropriate to note that yet another unanticipated consequence of the war on drugs has been uneven enforcement among the races. While that is not a reason to fail to enforce the law, it may be a reason to repeal the law. One wrong does not justify another, but invidious enforcement between races might not be a desirable social outcome.

Back in the 60s the black community in Philadelphia was complaining because the police were arresting row house occupants for drinking on their front stoops while letting white suburbanites drink freely in their backyard grill parties. There was a time when both might be hassled by the police for breaking prohibition.

[Jim Robinson]

No matter how you spread it, bull shit is still bullshit. Don’t do drugs, don’t deal drugs.