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A "war" on drugs
Where there is an insatiable demand, drug dealers will
find a way to move supply. When the DEA tightens border
traveled paths. When larger ports are monitored by the
Coast Guard, smugglers find refuge in sleepy fishing
ports. When the FAA monitors incoming and outgoing
flights at larger hubs, local airstrips become the preferred
means of moving cargo.
When interstate travel becomes more difficult, a good
map, a nondescript vehicle, and back roads become the
best means of reaching the heartland.
For the right price, drugs will get to the consumer…
So what about this “War on Drugs”?
More Americans are killed every year as a result of drugs
than ever died on 9/11 or during any other terrorist
attack, but these numbers (vehicular homicides, suicides,
overdoses, domestic violence murders, drugs deals gone
bad) seem to get ignored by many who want to admit
defeat in the "war on drugs" and legalize these dangerous,
destructive substances.
The turning tide of any war becomes a matter of financial
resources and political will. Because of such heavy
demand, far more money can be invested in ensuring that
the supply of drugs keeps flowing than taxpayers are
willing to spend in stemming said flow with effective
countermeasures.
In other words, where there is a demand...
The streets of border towns flow with blood as drug
cartels prove who really wields the power in this war on
drugs...and so some argue that legalizing drugs would end
the power of these cartels.
Only a fool would believe that drug dealers would simply
go away if drugs were legalized. Only a fool would believe
that the social costs -- the domestic violence, the horrible
parenting, the list goes on -- would go away if drugs were
legalized.
Some say legalization this is a matter of freedom, but
what about the innocent who fall into harms way because
some idiot is stoned, high, whatever -- what about their
freedom?
All behavior-altering drugs (including alcohol, including
abused prescription medicines) strip away the capacity to
think freely, to live freely -- bottom line...the solution is
not to create easier access to these toxic substances.
More people will simply get hurt and killed.
m.c. merrill
p.s. -- Before any drug user feels compelled to send me hate
mail defending their behavior, keep in mind, the opinion
of people who use drugs does not matter to me...
I know it's just the drugs talking.
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