In reply to Jordan Kushner, the Drug laws are racist in that they impact
racial minorties far more severely than whites and their original banning was
fueled by racist hysteria about Mexicans in the case of marijuana and racist
hysteria about Blacks and Orientals in the case of cocaine.
There are no public safety issues since, if drugs were legal, vendors of
drugs that are now illegal could settle their disputes through the legal system
and would have no more reason for violent turf wars than two liguor stores now
have reason to battle over alcohol territory or two corner gocery stores to war
over tobacco territory.
It is also unethical to enforce drug laws since the only justification for
making anything illegal is whether it hurts uninvolved third parties. The
government has no more right to make the consumption of certain drugs illegal
than it has the right to make adherence to certain religions illegal.
As for public health, experience has shown than more harm than good is done
by making the consumption of even harmful drugs illegal. It was shown by the
failure of prohibition of alcohol, it would be shown by any attempt to ban
tobacco, and it is being shown by the ban on marijuana as well as other drugs.
Victimless crime laws are unjust laws and all unjust laws should be
disobeyed!
Robert Halfhill Loring Park
http://halfhillviews.greatnow.com
http://www.thepen.us/e-fraud.html
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