Drug addiction a disease, not a moral failing, White House says

latimes.com ^ | June 11, 2012 | Morgan Little

[JustSayNoToNannies]

Drug addiction is a choice. A bad, self and other destructive choice. It is not an illness as in infective illness

HIV "bug hunters" make a bad, self and other destructive choice. Is the HIV they contract not an infective illness?

And you think I’m a “drug warrior”? I suppose you fancy yourself a libertarian.

I don't.

Here’s my view on drugs:

1. Anyone should be able to grow marijuana or poppies and use them. Period. No “medical mj”, no prescription, no gov involvement, no SSI, no welfare because they have an “illness”. They wanna use, go for it.

2. NO SELLING OF ANY MJ OR OPIUM PRODUCT! NONE!

3. Anyone found selling it - public caning.

4. Second offense - execution.

5. Other drug use or manufacture - prohibited. First offense public caning, second offense execution.

2-5 make you a drug warrior. While 1 would take a bite out of the black market, 2-5 would leave much of it intact along with its channeling of hyperinflated profits into criminal hands. You may think execution is scary, but drug dealers already face the risk of death from competitors or twitchy customers - yet they continue to ply their trade and when one falls someone steps in to take their place.