tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post8694777284139126691..comments2024-03-11T13:16:19.098-04:00Comments on Ad Orientem: Colorado: The next front in the battle against prohibitionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-3672478686089825252012-01-27T14:22:26.894-05:002012-01-27T14:22:26.894-05:00The 'Drug War' has been an abject failure:...The 'Drug War' has been an abject failure: costing hundreds of billions of dollars, and the rates of drug use has not decreased one iota. Children can obtain marijuana easier then alcohol in their schools. An entire generation of non violent drug offenders spending vast amounts of tax payer money confined in prison, learning how to become hardened felons. Drug abuse should be treated like an illness, just like alcoholism. Finally, it should be a STATES issue, which is exactly what Ron Paul is saying. The Federal Government has no authority under the Constitution to do wage this inefficient, discriminatory war. Has Prohibition not taught us anything?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-17929672081634305452012-01-27T10:03:46.429-05:002012-01-27T10:03:46.429-05:00You know, if you asked me whether marijuana should...You know, if you asked me whether marijuana should be legalized in Ethiopia, where I come from, I would say no. It's used by relatively few people in the cities and is associated with vice and anti-social behaviour. The fact that it is illegal is both a reflection of norms, which is a deterrent to use, and directly a deterrent.<br /><br />On the other hand, if you asked me whether the 'soft' drug 'tchat', which is a problem in Ethiopia, should be made illegal, I would say no, because it has cultural roots in some areas and enough people use it and enough farmers depend on it economically that it the costs of prohibition would be too great. Were the use of tchat still at an infant stage, I would have fully supported its prohibition.<br /><br />When it comes to marijuana in the U.S., I agree with you that legalization is better than the status quo. But is that not an implicit admission that morality has degraded to such an extent in America (I am of course linking marijuana use with morality) that it's now too late to try and stop marijuana use through legal means?Salaamnoreply@blogger.com