Recently when John McCain was asked about alcohol prohibition he said that there is no similarity between the “war” on drugs and alcohol prohibition (here is a link to his whole speech). While not mentioning marijuana, he did say that instead of going after the supply of cocaine and heroin, that we should go after the demand. Does that even make sense?
It’s time that we stop treating drugs as a criminal problem and start treating it like a medical problem (like we do with the drug called alcohol). You know what the biggest difference between the two is? During prohibition they actually amended the constitution, making it legal. Now they use the interstate commerce clause for almost everything.
To make matters even worse, Mitt Romney was quoted as saying that we need to “reinstitute a campaign as powerful as ‘Just Say No’ was.” McCain also said we needed another program like “Just Say No.” It’s clear that these two people have had their eyes and ears sealed since the Reagan’s started the “Just Say No” movement.
Dr. Paul was then asked if he thought that would be a good solution to the nation’s drug problem. “There’s a lot of abuse of drugs, a lot of illegal drugs are abused and a lot of prescription drugs are abused,” he said. “And I think doctors should say no in prescribing too much medication, and if somebody’s abusing drugs, or alcohol and cigarettes, they themselves should have a ‘Just Say No’ for their own personal life.”
Here is a video from that interview where Ron Paul is asked a few questions about the failing war on drugs.
For more on this interview, check out this link.
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In the Netherlands (where I live) addiction to drugs is treated like a medical problem. It doesn’t help, though… Too many people are using drugs. It does minimize criminal acts, so even with drugs the streets are safer (if your not run over by a drunk driver…)
I agree! Ron Paul has our vote, and the vote of nearly every single member in our family…as well as our money! We have never donated to a political campaign before, but I am looking forward to December 16th almost as much as Christmas!
The issue with the war on drugs boils down to this…Government should not be in the role of morals. Anything the government touches becomes more disastrous than it was before the government gets involved. We started off allowing government to tell us that alcohol was a sin. I think we all know how well that went!! (For those who aren’t familiar with history, the Prohibition helped multiply gangster/maffia crime, among other things) The war on drugs is no different.
But more importantly than that, we all need to consider this: Our government issued a “sin” tax on tobacco and alcohol. We all went along with it, because the vast majority don’t like cigarrettes. Now, they are talking about a “fat” tax…taxing junk food. What is next? A tax on red meat, because it isn’t healthy for you? A higher tax on Bibles because politicians decide that all Christians are kooks? Once you allow government to take on the role of morality police, or controlling behavior through taxes, it just a matter of time before it oversteps its bounds.
Just another reason we support RON PAUL!!!