In 1870 there were no drug laws in America and there were no overwhelming drug problems. Nobody should need to be Albert Einstein to figure that one out.
“In 1870 there were no drug laws in America and there were no overwhelming drug problems. Nobody should need to be Albert Einstein to figure that one out”
There wasn’t any drug problem in the 40s and 50s either, it was the stinking baby boomers that caused the whole problem!
Make drug use a capitol offense and the problem goes away.
That's true, but correlation does not prove causation. I believe that the difference between the morality of the country in 1870 and of the country today is a much bigger factor as to why there are drug problems today.
The morality problem has created the need to make drugs illegal. If we can fix the morality problem, then I'm all in favor of going in the direction of freedom on this one.
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” - John Adams
“In 1870 there were no drug laws in America and there were no overwhelming drug problems. Nobody should need to be Albert Einstein to figure that one out.”
Not true - cocaine and morphine dependency were HUGE problems in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Which is why drug laws were passed.
Iran had few drug laws until quite recently. It’s estimated that, in the 1950s, 20 percent of the population were addicted to opium.
What will the drug gangs do if their source of income is cut off? I’ll tell you: find even more noxious ways to earn a living.
Unless you want to return to an 18th century level of society, without mechanization, like the Amish, the war on drugs must continue.
It’s like weeding a garden. Yeah, the weeds grow back - but if you don’t weed, you don’t have a garden.
That said, we need to be mindful of civil liberties. We also need to get the best bang for our buck - decriminalizing - or even legalizing - pot might make sense. But crack, coke, meth, heroin? Our society won’t survive if their use is widespread.