And Onward the Drug War Wagon Rolls

Tuesday 17 April 2012 - Filed under Uncategorized

Reason on Obama’s “New” Drug Control Report:

The report ends with a familiar refrain: “Legalization of drugs will not be considered in this approach. Making drugs more available and more accessible will not reduce drug use and its adverse consequences for public health and safety. We will continue to educate young people and all Americans about the science on the harmful health effects of marijuana use.”

The pages in between those two statements contain a broad outline for increased drug enforcement, mandatory rehabilitation programs for people who don’t need or want them, and the return of melodramatic Reefer Madness-style agitprop aimed at teenagers.

Team BLUE voters: you still all psyched about voting for Obama this year? Because he’s shown that he’s even more authoritarian in the war on drugs than Bush the Lesser.

2012-04-17  »  madlibertarianguy