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So, one of my friends over on the Book of Faces has posted a link to a Tube of You clip, from Fox News of all places, espousing legalization of marijuana. Now, when Fox has given up on the War On some Drugs (even on a single front), you know the world has become an extremely surreal place.
Now, my personal feelings on Prohibition v2.0 are that it should have never gotten out of planning. The proof of concept and initial release was such an abject failure that one can only wonder WHAT the developers were smoking when they decided on a new release.
To be less snarky, we've thrown away billions of dollars and incarcerated a generation or two of people whose only crime was killing themselves slowly with substances that our heavily WASP influenced society found uncomfortable because they might lead to someone, somewhere, having fun.
Oh, and as a side effect, we've created a huge underground market that drives crime and violence on scales not seen since...well, Prohibition. Funny that.
Personally, I never got into recreational drug use beyond a few times. And yes, I DID inhale. The usual outcome was a headache. The high was short lived if it showed up at all, so I tended to drink instead. They don't throw you in jail for that unless you do it in a car, so that was another incentive to drink instead too.
Remake the DEA. It should be an IRS division instead. Not that it will ever happen. We've got way too much invested in the Drug War to give up on it, no matter how much it drains from our social, financial, legal, and political systems.
Now, my personal feelings on Prohibition v2.0 are that it should have never gotten out of planning. The proof of concept and initial release was such an abject failure that one can only wonder WHAT the developers were smoking when they decided on a new release.
To be less snarky, we've thrown away billions of dollars and incarcerated a generation or two of people whose only crime was killing themselves slowly with substances that our heavily WASP influenced society found uncomfortable because they might lead to someone, somewhere, having fun.
Oh, and as a side effect, we've created a huge underground market that drives crime and violence on scales not seen since...well, Prohibition. Funny that.
Personally, I never got into recreational drug use beyond a few times. And yes, I DID inhale. The usual outcome was a headache. The high was short lived if it showed up at all, so I tended to drink instead. They don't throw you in jail for that unless you do it in a car, so that was another incentive to drink instead too.
Remake the DEA. It should be an IRS division instead. Not that it will ever happen. We've got way too much invested in the Drug War to give up on it, no matter how much it drains from our social, financial, legal, and political systems.
