Bob, I agree that there is a separation of country and government, and that one should not confuse the two. But since I was citing the "US" for "legislating", I figured it was obvious that it was short for "US government"; because technically the country can not legislate.
Beyond that, the US government is the world leader of the prohibitionist movement, and actually pressures other countries to align/comply. So I'm pretty sure you are not saying that it would not be good to blame the "US government" for prohibition - especially when the context is new "US government" measures to escalate the drug war. ---------------------------- Correct, but I would change one thing in your commentary: Replace "The US" with "Most governments." The US government is the same as almost all others on drugs. We need not make this an anti-American position.
