I understand the reasoning but the Federal Government absolutely will abuse any power it's given and the ability to make illegal something that is consumable is a huge red flag. If prohibition isn't proof of this I don't know what is. Government should never be the arbitrator of morality no matter what the justification.
I understand the reasoning but the Federal Government absolutely will abuse any power it's given and the ability to make illegal something that is consumable is a huge red flag. If prohibition isn't proof of this I don't know what is. Government should never be the arbitrator of morality no matter what the justification.
You're right. Prohibition was a stupid idea. It ruined many local economies, wrecked lives, and it's what allowed the mafia to get its hooks into government and the burgeoning illicit and now legal (pharma?) drug trade. I still don't understand your thinking that consuming or banning drugs is a moral issue. It's a health issue. I did not say I was in favor of the government banning or encouraging drug use. It should not be involved in either side. I was trying to make a point that using drugs or alcohol has the potential for dire consequences, and the people who are trying to bring attention to that are being shouted down, cursed at, called ignorant, or canceled. Sad.
I said moral because most people on the "War on Drugs" treat it like a morality issue. If the reason used is because it's a health issue that's even worse as it then makes the case that anything bad for your health should be made illegal. Granted that won't happen because there's too much money being made from selling humans garbage now from fast food to near beer. Abuse/overuse of a lot things can be unhealthy.
By empowering government to make drugs or any other mind alerting substance illegal we've given the corrupt within the system another money stream. Drugs are illegal (while alcohol isn't) because there's money to be made from the drug cartels keeping it illegal and keeping the price for it high. The "morality" angel is jus the marketing they use to justify it being illegal. Alcohol was simply to widely/commonly used & liked to keep it illegal so they had to concede with it but drugs like marijuana. opium and cocaine are just desired/used enough that it's profitable without being so widely used and popular that its not feasible to keep it illegal. Porn is also bad for one's health but since it tugs at a base human need and is so widespread it's not feasible to try and ban it. What should have happened is that any/all mind altering substances should have been regulated just as how alcohol and cigarettes' are. That would have provided the government a great tax source and not created a number of Drug empires (cartels) that now have devastating impacts on locals. Nothing good ever comes from allowing government to control access to something that the government was not initially created to control and regulate. With each good use of expanded power comes (not long after) the abuse of that same power. This last time they tried to get the precedent that during a public health emergency the Feds could mandate drugging of the public. Had they been successful you can bet your life that would have been expanded to include more than just vaccines within a very few years.
I understand the reasoning but the Federal Government absolutely will abuse any power it's given and the ability to make illegal something that is consumable is a huge red flag. If prohibition isn't proof of this I don't know what is. Government should never be the arbitrator of morality no matter what the justification.
You're right. Prohibition was a stupid idea. It ruined many local economies, wrecked lives, and it's what allowed the mafia to get its hooks into government and the burgeoning illicit and now legal (pharma?) drug trade. I still don't understand your thinking that consuming or banning drugs is a moral issue. It's a health issue. I did not say I was in favor of the government banning or encouraging drug use. It should not be involved in either side. I was trying to make a point that using drugs or alcohol has the potential for dire consequences, and the people who are trying to bring attention to that are being shouted down, cursed at, called ignorant, or canceled. Sad.
I said moral because most people on the "War on Drugs" treat it like a morality issue. If the reason used is because it's a health issue that's even worse as it then makes the case that anything bad for your health should be made illegal. Granted that won't happen because there's too much money being made from selling humans garbage now from fast food to near beer. Abuse/overuse of a lot things can be unhealthy.
By empowering government to make drugs or any other mind alerting substance illegal we've given the corrupt within the system another money stream. Drugs are illegal (while alcohol isn't) because there's money to be made from the drug cartels keeping it illegal and keeping the price for it high. The "morality" angel is jus the marketing they use to justify it being illegal. Alcohol was simply to widely/commonly used & liked to keep it illegal so they had to concede with it but drugs like marijuana. opium and cocaine are just desired/used enough that it's profitable without being so widely used and popular that its not feasible to keep it illegal. Porn is also bad for one's health but since it tugs at a base human need and is so widespread it's not feasible to try and ban it. What should have happened is that any/all mind altering substances should have been regulated just as how alcohol and cigarettes' are. That would have provided the government a great tax source and not created a number of Drug empires (cartels) that now have devastating impacts on locals. Nothing good ever comes from allowing government to control access to something that the government was not initially created to control and regulate. With each good use of expanded power comes (not long after) the abuse of that same power. This last time they tried to get the precedent that during a public health emergency the Feds could mandate drugging of the public. Had they been successful you can bet your life that would have been expanded to include more than just vaccines within a very few years.