[LloydofDSS]

>>Those laws protect the violent criminal gangs that produce and distribute illegal drugs. How could it get any worse than that?<<

I am not sure how the laws protect drug gangs, but it is very clear that the drug laws create the niche that drug gangs fill perfectly. The illegal trade that the drug laws create funnels billions of dollars into the hands of the most sinister and ruthless men on the planet.

End the war on drugs and these men would have to crawl back under the rocks they emerged from to damage us all.

[Know your rights]

it is very clear that the drug laws create the niche that drug gangs fill perfectly. The illegal trade that the drug laws create funnels billions of dollars into the hands of the most sinister and ruthless men on the planet.

Amen!

[mugs99]

I am not sure how the laws protect drug gangs

Not only do drug laws protect the gangs by creating the underground market, the use of the Commerce Clause to fight the drug war gives direct legal protection to the drug gangs.

Lawyers for the U.S. Justice Department argued to the Supreme Court that homegrown marijuana represented interstate commerce, because the garden patch weed would affect "overall production" of the weed, much of it imported across American borders by well-financed, often violent drug gangs.

Think about that. They argued that home-grown weed would "affect" the inter-state commerce of "violent drug gangs"...It would reduce their commerce!

By accepting that argument, the Supreme Court has ruled that individuals growing marijuana unfairly reduce the inter-state trade of violent drug gangs!
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