Stephanie S.

So we were watching George Carlin thuther evening and he's going off on how we are a "war loving people...we LOVE war!" He pointed out that we have wars for everything, war on violence (now THAT's a contradiction of terms!!), War on Drugs, War on Child Abuse, etc. His point was that there is major profit in war, hence the reason there is no war on homelessness..there's no money is homelessness. There is however a good chunk of money to be made in a War on Drugs.

Much of this has been discussed on these boards at one time or another, so anyone who's been in on one of these discussions, forgive me for my redundacy.

So, we have this War on Drugs. Who makes money on it? Well, that's the question I have before me, and I wonder if anyone has any ideas before I lay mine out.

Another issue with war is Fear. People tend to lash out when in fear, and our government has shoved death and danger messages down our throats about drugs. I wonder where we got the fear? Fear breeds contempt, no? The end result of this fear? War!


From the Encarta dictionary:
War means -

1. armed fighting between groups: an armed conflict between countries or groups that involves killing and destruction: The two countries are at war.

2. period during war: a period of armed conflict: during the Vietnam War

3. methods of warfare: the techniques or the study of the techniques of armed conflict

4. conflict: any serious struggle, argument, or conflict between people: The candidates are at war.

5. serious effort to end something: an effort to eradicate something harmful: a war against drugs

See, we have a serious effort to end something harmful. When did that definition get added to the dictionary? I hear the word war and the first four definitions are closer to what comes to mind than the fifth one. Our government is warring against us, trying to eradicate something they call harmful with no real evidence to back it up.

Drug Abuse is a problem, addiction is a problem, but trying to eradicate something that is simply a part of huma nature? Well, I just find that to be a sincere waste of man power, money, time and lives. Police officers are the soldiers (Have you realized that? Directed to LEO's I know that it is an officers job and duty to enforce the laws set before them. I just don't agree with the government making the nations police forces a strand of the Armed Forces aimed against the citizens they are put in place to protect.
I know that many people have deep belief in the hatred for and desire to end the use of drugs and that really bothers me. The hatred and animosity for something they refuse to understand or deal with. I hate it, let's get rid of it. Well, I hate the idea of guns being made available as easily as they are, yet I would never attempt to infringe on anyone's constitutional right. I believe that it is my constitutional right to smoke marijuana and put anything into my body I choose. If I am misinterpreting the constitution and seeing something wrong, then why are we allowed to put alcohol and tobacco into our bodies.

To simply say, "I enforce the laws," or "I agree with the laws'" and turn our backs on the truth is just maddening to me.


How long can this country keep perpetuating this nonsense?

Drug Control - Not Drug War
Drug Education - Not Eradication
Drug Regulation- Not Prohibition


The drug war, eradication and prohibition are concepts we know Don't Work!!! WHY does it go on? Because someone(s) are making money on it? Who?


peace