[HiTech RedNeck]

And... I am not giving a full on defense of “drug war” here. I assert very strongly that there are spiritual ways out of needing to wage one. I am pointing out pitfalls that would be entailed in the effort to move out of where we are now. This frying pan stinks. The fire would stink worse. Be careful.

[nathanbedford]

I quite agree with you and I will make my anti-drug war position even more tenuous when I say that it does no good to nibble at the edges, all drugs must be legalized and not taxed to the point where a black market is created. That means of the most lethal addictive drugs must become readily available, at least to adults, at very cheap prices in order to eliminate the profit motive.

That is the core logic of a libertarian position. Anything short of total legalization leaves the profit motive intact and only keeps alive the need to push, and with it the profit and the corruption.

I understand there is no realistic political chance of doing what is necessary.