“-I always wonder if the folks who write these “legalize dangerous and addictive drug” articles would be the first ones who would go out and purchase/use (I suppose at the local pharmacy”
Wonder all you want, but I wouldn’t be doing that, I rarely drink alcohol, and I wouldn’t be using other intoxicating drugs. I still think the Constitution gives the Feds the right to charge excise taxes on intoxicants, which were all legal during at least half of our history, but not the right to ban them outright.
If you think otherwise, by what logic do you call yourself a conservative? It’s usually the progressives who are tryng to control other’s behavior with government force. Are you a progressive?
But your accusation is always the prohibitionist’s last line of defense against the Constitution - “you want drugs legalised so that you can used them legally. You probably use them now, illegally.”
Well, I’m not pro-intoxicating drugs, I’m pro freedom, and pro Constitution. It took a Constitutional amendment to ban liquor, and if you want to ban drugs, by all means, propose a Constitutional amendment, but don’t circumvent the Constitution the way liberals do.
I’m not totally opposed to legalization either but there are some cold hard facts that we need to look at before we can ever consider legalization.
For instance, George Soros is a big supporter and funder of the drug legalization push on both sides of the aisle and we need to be asking why.
Then there’s the fantasy that the prisons are full of people whos’ only crime was using drugs. The fact is that most of those people are in prison for other crimes committed while under the influence of drugs or selling drugs. I do know a crack addict who was locked up for smoking crack while pregnant. She says its a victimless crime.