Ben at the premiere of "When The Levees Broke"
it's time to END THE WAR ON DRUGS!
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THE BUSHEEP HAVE HELPED THE TERRORIST FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS BY CONTINUING THE "WAR ON DRUGS"-Everyone knows one of the largest sources of income for the Al Queerda terrorists is the illegal drug trade in Afghanistan and other countries. So why is it that our leaders continue to fight the four decade old "WAR ON DRUGS"? The only conclusion that a sane person can come to when analyzing the continuation of such an idiotic policy by our government is that too many people are making too much money off of it i.e. BIG BUSINESS once again trumps legitimate public interest with respect to our governments actions. For example, it only took 9 years for our leaders to wake up and realize that making alcohol illegal during
PROHIBITION PART I only helped the criminals and did essentially nothing to stop alcoholism and/or help alcoholics. So Al Capone became a historic figure and they made a lot of bad movies about it but at least they FINALLY realized it was a dumb idea, made alcohol legal, and taxed the hell out of it! Now what do we get instead? OVER FORTY YEARS OF THIS STUPIDITY IS WHAT WE GET! Over forty years of imprisonments and wasteful spending while the terrorists rake in the money with millions of people getting just as addicted to LEGAL PRESCRIPTION drugs as they do to the non-legal drugs.
And haven't you ever wondered why do they call it a "WAR ON DRUGS" and not a "WAR ON ILLEGAL DRUGS"? Aspirin is a drug. Alcohol is a drug. Tylenol is a drug. So it is very clear that the "WAR ON DRUGS" is, in fact, a MISNOMER which makes it that much more idiotic.
Also why is it that our country spends more money on our prison system than our educational system? THE WAR ON DRUGS IS WHY!
Why is it that the terrorists are making BILLIONS of dollars that they can use to kill us with? THE WAR ON DRUGS IS WHY!
So I have often tried to think of the logical path to ending the stupidity i.e. ending the "WAR ON DRUGS". The only way I see it actually ever coming close to happening is for the American Medical Association to publish a call to end the "WAR ON DRUGS" ASAP! If they were to take a stand this would give the politicians the momentum to change the laws which everyone knows are a really bad joke. I could go on and on ad infinitum with this but if it isn't clear to you by now perhaps you are stupid too? After all there is no way to EVER win a "WAR ON DRUGS" and every smart person knows that you should "never fight a war you know you can't win".
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Ben Marble, M.D.
