Message 18/83
Date: 31-Oct-02 @ 08:31 PM -
RE: High Time
Darin, it's not just about getting high. Almost eveyrone who wants it legalized is already getting high.
It's a symptom of the government's legislated morality.
It's an excuse to spend billions on prisons and military hardware.
It's a tool of foreign policy,
a mechanism for keeping poor countries poor (God forbid they should make money in Columbia or Afghanistan)
It's a scare tactic used for political advantage.
It's a relic of an era when the powers that be sought to disrupt and disorganize a popular political movement, namely the anti-Vietnam movement.
It's a roundabout way to enforce racism (take a look at New York's laws on posession of crack vs. possession of powder cocaine - executives blowing lines while poor minorities can only afford the rock)
Enforcement siphons money away from treatment programs.
Shall I continue?
-Craig
PS - Ask GW Bush what he thinks would do his neice more good.. 20 years in jail or rehab?