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“defederalization", decriminalization. medicalization, and. I reckon,transubstantiation. I certainly agree with him that the federal “war on drugs” has been a failure, spending billions on interdiction of a small fraction of the drug: flow. Treatment is the answer, lots of treatment for lots of addicts. Prison time for users without a treatment component is counter-productive. Prison time for dealers, however, is what they deserve.
There is a common argument in this debate , that since alcohol is legal, 1 so should other drugs be legal. That is to say that since we countenance one devastating addictive drug, we should legalize whatever anyone wants to imbibe, shoot, snort, or stick in his or her ears. My own experience is that the great adventures of my life, the real high, did not begin until I put down booze and drugs, until I threw away the crutches.
Spande is sadly wrong on this quote: “Alcohol is self regulating in that overindulgence in this depressant just knocks the user out or is so evident to companions that certain activities (like driving a car) are usually placed off limits.” Would that this were so, Tom.
Unfortunately, alcohol is the number one cause of driving fatalities, the number one cause of teenage death, the number one cause of divorce, the number one cause of homelessness, the number one cause of joblessness, the number one cause of spousal abuse, and the number one cause of child abuse. I could go on, but you get my point. Why legalize more problems for the sake of someone’s favorite high?
Well, gotta run y’all, the redskins are still shooting those flaming arrows and I’m still hoping to hear the cavalry’s bugle. Besides, I’ve got to go defend myself against all the people who flipped out over my recent defense of dear ol’ Dixie.
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