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This is a frustrating issue for libertarians (like myself) because it's such a no-brainer. I believe in individual rights, I own myself, I should be allowed to eat or drink or ingest whatever I want. Period. I don't want to argue about it anymore than I want to argue that 1+1=2.
Forty years ago, the United States locked up fewer than 200 of every 100,000 Americans. Then President Nixon declared war on drugs. Now we lock up more of our people than any other country -- more even than the authoritarian regimes in Russia and China.
A war on drugs -- on people, that is -- is unworthy of a country that claims to be free.
Unfortunately, this outrage probably won't be discussed in Tampa or Charlotte.
The media (including Fox News) run frightening stories about Mexican cocaine cartels and marijuana gangs. Few of my colleagues stop to think that this is...
Mind you, the state doesn't own you either.
I am against the war on drugs, but you really need to come up with a better argument.
For which reason nobody here would object to laws prohibiting the operation of automobiles or heavy machinery while under the influence of narcotics, same as they exist for the use of alcohol.
The counterproductive war on drugs is not required to achieve what you're talking about.