Congressman Mark Souder supports the Drug War because he uses it to get re-elected. “I am getting tough on drugs!” he said. Souder has convinced the voters in Indiana that the 2nd trillion dollars spent on this policy will result in drugs being slightly less available to their kids. Ditto Congressman Duncan Hunter who has convinced his California constituents of the same thing. Our Drug Czar John Walters simply likes his government job with all the perks of flying around the world saying how much progress he made in 2007. He reminds Officer Wooldridge of General Westmoreland during the Vietnam War and body counts.
“The growers of BC Bud are making billions exporting to the US the most potent pot on the continent,” Officer Wooldridge said. “That industry now employs more people in British Colombia than mining or forestry. The Crips and Bloods make billions as a vertical monopoly buying in bulk and employing their members for the retail sales. Experts say that the economy of several large cities would collapse without the cash that the dealers generate for their home neighborhoods. FARC (guerrillas of Colombia) have been making billions protecting the Coca Growers of Colombia Association. FARC uses their profits to wage war on the Bogotá government.
“Fundamentalist Christians are adamant that God believes the Drug War is just and righteous and that Jesus would also support it. Right! Jesus would put a cocaine user in the hell-hole of a Texas prison for two years. NOT! ‘But it is immoral to use these drugs’ they say with indignation. When confronted with the fact that young teens die every week because the policy employs a million teens, they usually blame the parents for the deaths, not their support for the policy. Native Americans have used mind-altering substances for centuries. Is the Christian religion superior to their beliefs to the point that Indians should go to jail? NOT!”
The Washington Post, the New York Times, Newsweek, Time and US News & World Report all support prohibition. Could it be they do not want to upset the drug makers who take out 3-4 full page ads for their drugs? Money talks!
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