Well I was responding to their charge of hypocrite in my reply but if we are going to stop at the point of both addiction and damage occuring (your line in the sand) it would seem you should be advocating prohibition again as you stated alcohol is damaging and addictive. I guess for me control is not the real issue otherwise we would cave in on the “War on Immigration” as we obviously can not control our borders and meth can be made in your bathroom so we cant control that either. If we could get drug users to stop using their illegal drug of choice until Mexico can get a grip on their side of the border I would be happy for now. Until that happens I guess they (users) will have to live with the blood of Mexican LEOs on their hands. Thx
Historically, we know that prohibition of substances that defy control(i.e. easily manufactured) is virtually impossible. Alcohol products(home made brews, wine, gin, whiskey..you name it) are fairly easy to produce anywhere. But no where near as easy to produce as pot. When you just step out into your back yard, grab a few leaves off your own bush, dry them and light them up, it leaves little for even those of the least of metal faculties.
As for the War on Immigration, that is controllable. What's lacking is the will. Why would an illegal come here if there was no work for them, no free benefits provided and no automatic citizenship for those born of illegals here. We just need to make the penalties so severe that no one would risk it.
Just as with the War on Terror, we need to take it to them where they are, not wait until they get here. Does anyone think we can't today kill off most of the coca plants in Columbia with a year-long campaign of aerial spray erradication? They only grow in the mountains there.