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I was “thumbing through” Morality101 and espied the War on Drugs Clock.  It’s an interesting page and paints a heck of a picture.

This is a free country (at least for now), so we have the freedom to change our minds on occasion, right?  I spent years and years believing mind altering drugs should be banned with penalties.  That was done – and in addition to VERY costly, it was very WASTEFUL – wasteful of policemen’s time, courts’ time, everyone’s money, and it would appear it has done no good whatsoever.

So my question is:  why are we still fighting it?  Has fighting it become addictive?  Have we decided that if we fight it long enough it will eventually pay off?  There has to be some good reason we throw money at something when we get nothing in return.  This boggles the mind.

I am not a drug user – have never even been in the presence of marijuana, cannot recognize the leaf or the odor.  I attend church regularly, not that anyone here cares, but I am merely providing truth in advertising so to speak.

I believe it is time to stop this “war” and let our law enforcement people get back to fighting crime rather than chase dealers and coke heads day in and day out.  I have come to the conclusion we should stop trying to legislate in any way people’s behavior with only one or two caveats.

I would legalize all heretofore illegal drugs for purchase at pharmacies without RX by adults who must sign as well as pay for the substance.  That person must not be allowed to escape responsibility and penalty if anyone is harmed by him or his actions while he is under the influence of said drug.  I would include alcohol in this law.  Under no circumstances should insurance companies be mandated to pay for these substances when not ordered for a medical reason.

If we legalized illegal substances, our streets and neighborhoods would be safer – there would be no drug lords, no crazed addicts running amok, no crack houses, not as many murders that involve drugs, and the police could do police work rather than baby sit addicts.  Our overcrowded jails would be emptier, our courtrooms would be emptier.  It is even possible our hospitals would be emptier.

It is way passed time to quit mollycoddling addicts and other self made victims.  I believe if they want to drink themselves or drug themselves to death, that should be their privilege.  Trying to save them from that has been a huge disaster and far too costly.  The taxpayer doesn’t deserve to be saddled with society’s self made cripples any longer.

There is only one priority issue in this USA election 2008.

The issue is not national health care, nor the war in Iraq, nor global warming, nor immigration, nor drugs, nor abortion, nor ‘change’, nor raving preachers, nor oil prices, nor evil corporations… none of the above yet all of the above contribute to the issue before us.

This issue has come upon us thru a combination of all the above; virtually every politician at every level of government is responsible.  All three of the current stooges — the DemRep presidential candidates McCain, Obama & Clinton — are avoiding this issue.  Libertarian candidate Barr began with 163 days to become viable, but has wasted every day since and is now headed to Oxford in England to make a speech?  about nothing?  Just another stooge?

The media is also responsible; they are not addressing the issue either.  What are they waiting for?  Why is  not the collapse of our Dollar worth discussing?  How can that not impact the people of this world?

The single issue of any relevance in the real world is the ongoing USA economic collapse.

Right here on Morality101 are posts discussing the causes & effects, with the basis for the necessary solution.  I choose not to repeat them in this post, but ask you to surf this website to gain some understanding.  With several others, we have been trying so very hard to bring this issue to the forefront, but it’s been like talking to a wall.  The ostriches have their heads in the sand, but having been well brainwashed for several generations, perhaps they can no longer think for themselves?

It seems to me that this issue has passed any point of recovery, with no viable solution except in the very long run.  The collapse will continue until it wipes out our USA, with the devastating impact extending around the globe.  Calling this “gloom and doom” will not stop the collapse, nor make it go away.   But this collapse is likely to make you and many others go away, while those who survive will endure yet another Dark Age.

It’s all so simple – what do you not get about the morality of the free individual?