Monday, June 9, 2008

They sneer at us... Here's an article that really helps show the poverty of the drug prohibitionists' line. Cartels driven by desire for big payoff We have our drug czar with the old smoke-a-joint-assassinate-a-Mexican nonsense. "The largest single source of their revenue is marijuana," said John P. Walters, Office of National Drug Control Policy director. "These killers (cartel bosses) pay assassins with dollars from marijuana users in the United States and it needs to stop. "It's not a victimless activity. It's blood money. And every time somebody buys a joint, they need to remember they're contributing to the assassination and murder in Mexico." Now the author of the article points out that there are some of us with an actual idea. An alternate solution proposed by some critics of the drug war is to legalize drugs -- marijuana in particular. They say the demand for the illegal supply would drop dramatically. The drug could be regulated to keep it out of the hands of youth, they say, and taxed to fund prevention and treatment. Yep. That's right. And how do you counter such a reasoned, logical, and evidence-supported argument? With nonsensical ridicule, of course. The country's top counter-drug officials sneer at the idea. "It's a silly argument put forth by people who have a hidden agenda to legalize drugs," said Rafael Lemaitre, a spokesman for the Office of National Drug Control Policy in Washington, D.C. "It's not a responsible health policy to make marijuana more available in society." Let me see if I can get this straight -- People who call for legalization of drugs have a hidden agenda to... legalize drugs. 7:44:59 PM | drug policy | Related  | permalink | comment []