[rcofdayton]

The WOD is not just about money and power. The majority of Americans support it because they are afraid of the consequencs of these drugs. While I am very ambivalent about the WOD, I understand that both sides have very valid points. I do recognize that the WOD has been used to build bureacratic fiefdoms (money and power) but the majority of those who support the WOD do not support it for that reason.

[tacticalogic]

The WOD is not just about money and power. The majority of Americans support it because they are afraid of the consequencs of these drugs. While I am very ambivalent about the WOD, I understand that both sides have very valid points. I do recognize that the WOD has been used to build bureacratic fiefdoms (money and power) but the majority of those who support the WOD do not support it for that reason.

Any time you are more afraid of something, be it guns, drugs, pornography, terrorism, or whatever, than you are of losing your freedom then people who think you have too much freedom will play on that fear to try and get you to give up your freedom willingly.