[MindBender26]

Problem is, I consider it a crime for others (drug dealers) to victimize my children)

re: Social Programs, yes, eliminate most. Take care of those who CANNOT work, do not help those who WILL not work.

[southern rock]

Problem is, I consider it a crime for others (drug dealers) to victimize my children)

Selling them something is not victimizing them . If you don't want them buying drugs, teach them not to.

[LloydofDSS]

>>Problem is, I consider it a crime for others (drug dealers) to victimize my children) <<

This sounds like a good point, protect the children, until you look a little more carefully.

It turns out that making drugs legal would shut down the neighborhood drug pushers who often push drugs on children. Alcohol is a good example. There are not local neighborhood alcohol pushers because legal alcohol has made them uneconomic.

The drug war is another feeble attempt to control the appetite of the people for what they want. You might have a chance in hell in a pure dictatorship, but no chance at all in a free society.

The drug war is very simply a war on the people.