All of this over one group of people who become personally offended at the idea of another group of people ingesting a chemical to ‘feel different’.
We are seeing a replay of the 1920s right before our very eyes, only this time it’s worse. Our inability to LEARN FROM HISTORY is just STUPID!!!
One thing is certain. The least effective a policy/program/agency of the government is, the longer we can be assured of it’s existence. Even worse, the more we see something isn’t working, we double down on what we are doing wrong. It’s as if people can’t just ‘let go’ when it’s clear that something isn’t working....
Anyone could make a big list:...
Social Security
The War on Drugs
Public Education
Medicare/Medicaid
War on Poverty
I could literally type all night, so I’ll stop now....
What passes for “logic” regarding policy in the year 2010:
“Hey, this isn’t working”... “We obviously haven’t spent enough money on it” (the question of whether or not we should even be doing it in the first place is never raised)
To all of you ‘drug warriors’ out there, what do you propose we try next? What we’ve done thus far has been a failure. You must realize we are broke, our Constitution has been shredded, and even if we weren’t broke, we would sure as hell go broke building enough prisons to incarcerate everyone that takes a puff from a ‘joint’. Are you willing to destroy what’s left of our country in this failed idealistic pursuit?
I agree, whole heartedly with your comments. Yet, we have “conservatives” on FR that think drug users should be executed. And don’t any one on here try to tell me different. I’m not bothering to go back and search old threads for proof. You know who you are.
You have said it well:
“one group of people who become personally offended at the idea of another group of people ingesting a chemical to ‘feel different’.