Agree. And I would also decriminalize some drugs. If you want to do drugs, you should be free to poison your own body.
Prohibition did not work, and neither will the war on drugs, no matter how much money is spent.
“Prohibition did not work, and neither will the war on drugs, no matter how much money is spent.”
I draw a lot from Prohibition. When a serious percentage of the population says “We don’t care what the law is, we’re going to do it anyways” then the law becomes virtually unenforceable. We had it with alcohol. We now have it with various and sundry mind altering substances.
How many prisons do we need to fill? How much money do we need to spend on enforcement? How militant and overpowering do we need to make our law enforcement? At this point, am I more worried about some guy in my neighborhood firing up a joint every now and then or the myriad, various militarized local/state/federal agencies using unreasonable force wantonly to “protect me” from that guy?
Seriously.
I agree with that, but protect kids from drugs. Have providing kids with drugs still be a crime.
Except us taxpayers have about $200,000 invested in each young person via 12 years of public school indoctrination. They can fry their brains after they've paid that back in taxes plus interest and inflation, else we go broke.