It may be of some interest to those of us who believe that decriminalization and legalization is the answer to the problem with the war on drugs.
It should concern every taxpayer in the US, since each of us are funding this ridiculous war on ourselves.
But my observation is that it’s saying WE are the problem. The users of the ‘Drug’ marijuana. Whether we choose to consider it medicinal, or believe we have the right to use it recreationally, we still are fueling the engine that drives the Drug War. We are demand.
We are the red headed stepchildren of a failed American policy.
Hiding behind the rights that have become the pivotal focus of the medical marijuana issue, our pathetic attempts at quasi-legalization offers drug gangs the best of both worlds by eliminating the risk to users, thereby increasing demand, but does not eliminate the risk to producers, effectively inflating prices based on that risk.
How much longer are we to support a policy, be it from this administration or the last, that imprisons sick people, allows business’ like privatized prisons to lobby on their own behalf, while imprisoning the very result of their efforts?
Is it any wonder then that tens of thousands of illegal aliens flood the US in search of something like the life we lead? We are the reason.
The Latin American countries, willing to cry Uncle, see that the market will not dissipate and that suppression efforts just do not work. They see that decriminalization is the only way to eliminate the huge income of drug gangs by removing it from contraband status. They intend to do just that.
The two governments communicate, so we know they know what they each intend to do. Will the US government stand down and let the several Latin American countries try to ease the suffering of literally millions. Will it soon be complaisant or continue blindly devastating the lives of millions of it’s own citizens as well as millions of others across our borders?
Tough questions need quick, decisive answers to alleviate the perception of carelessness. It appears that the answers will be a long time coming.
It should concern every taxpayer in the US, since each of us are funding this ridiculous war on ourselves.
But my observation is that it’s saying WE are the problem. The users of the ‘Drug’ marijuana. Whether we choose to consider it medicinal, or believe we have the right to use it recreationally, we still are fueling the engine that drives the Drug War. We are demand.
We are the red headed stepchildren of a failed American policy.
Hiding behind the rights that have become the pivotal focus of the medical marijuana issue, our pathetic attempts at quasi-legalization offers drug gangs the best of both worlds by eliminating the risk to users, thereby increasing demand, but does not eliminate the risk to producers, effectively inflating prices based on that risk.
How much longer are we to support a policy, be it from this administration or the last, that imprisons sick people, allows business’ like privatized prisons to lobby on their own behalf, while imprisoning the very result of their efforts?
Is it any wonder then that tens of thousands of illegal aliens flood the US in search of something like the life we lead? We are the reason.
The Latin American countries, willing to cry Uncle, see that the market will not dissipate and that suppression efforts just do not work. They see that decriminalization is the only way to eliminate the huge income of drug gangs by removing it from contraband status. They intend to do just that.
The two governments communicate, so we know they know what they each intend to do. Will the US government stand down and let the several Latin American countries try to ease the suffering of literally millions. Will it soon be complaisant or continue blindly devastating the lives of millions of it’s own citizens as well as millions of others across our borders?
Tough questions need quick, decisive answers to alleviate the perception of carelessness. It appears that the answers will be a long time coming.
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