US DRUG POLICY IS A POLITICAL LIE NOT REALITY

[Morpheal]

US DRUG POLICY IS A POLITICAL LIFE NOT A REALITY

Fact is that the US government has no interest in stopping illegal drug traffic.

That fact is supported by statistics. Drug use has increased. Drug traffic has increased. Drug popularity has increased.
The types of substances being used has diversified and expanded.

The fact is that Illegal drugs make people easier to control, and serve to eliminate much of the potential dissent as well as serving to
reduce the capacity for effective action and for critical thinking which would otherwise challenge government.

If the US government were honest they would legalize most types of illegal drugs, within a controlled system
to assure that high risk jobs are closed to addicts. (For instance it is not good for an ambulance driver to be on cocaine
or hashish. Similarly it is not good for a brain surgeon operating and performing demanding surgical procedures. Clearly
there are many occupations that need drug testing and screening out of addicts who would be considered imparied
in regard to their occupational responsibilities. The current system is simply a lie and illegal drugs are largely a means
of selective prejudice which can be directed against selected users, and they are a means of social control.

More often the "aid" given to foreign countries, allegedly for the purpose of stopping the illegal drug trade, is in fact
diverted to maintaining social and political order against potential insurgency and possible political overthrow of the
government in the region where the aid is provided. The alleged "battle against the drug trade" provides an easy
means for the US government to provide significant financial means, that it otherwise could not provide and could
not gain approval for, to police states, and totalitarian regimes whom it chances to favor or seek favor from.

It is time that a more European understanding and rational, fact based, approach, replaced the right wing political
drug policy lies that America has been living for many, many, decades.

Cheers.

Robert Morpheal

(PS. I am not in any way connected with the drug trade, nor am I an illegal drug user. That is a matter of my own
personal choice. However, we need to end the lie and allow those who feel the necessity to use illegal drugs, much
more of a free choice, even if that choice has consequences which they are willing to accept.)

[angryfirelord]

1. Absolutely

Prohibition didn't work in the 30s and it sure as heck isn't going to work now. And you're especially right with foreign aid, the CIA often uses drug trafficking to overthrow regimes that aren't friendly to capitalism and the United States. In addition, legalizing something like marijuana can bring in additional much needed tax revenue.

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