To add to that, not only is the “war on drugs” an infringement on the rights and civil liberties of all Americans it is stupidly hypocritical as it does note include alcohol, which is the source of more damage, more murders, more mayhem, more wrecked lives than all the others combined.
Can’t touch it though — it’s the drug of choice of the people in power.
Another frightening side effect of the “war” has been the proliferation of anti-narcotics nomex-clad strumtruppen armed with advanced weaponry and no-knock warrants.
It used to be a rare thing, but it’s getting to where not a week or a month goes by when these thugs descend on the wrong address, burst through the door, totally terrorize the occupants at gunpoint and then, upon finding they are at the wrong place, simply leave — often with only the most insincere and useless of apologies.
Alas, there’s no way to get this genie back in the bottle. Too many petty bureaucratic empires and been founded, nurtured and expanded to take advantage of it. Too many coffee cups depend on it.
I often wondered who were the ones who passed the 21st amendment. Thanks for the info!