Year end wrap up: War on Drugs

Congressman Ron Paul has recently called the War on Drugs of "total failure." Well, he is right. It is easier to get drugs now than it is to get firewood around here. I even hear that fewer teenagers are using tobacco and alcohol than in previous years but are using more pot.

As I sit down to write this the Drug War Clock shows federal and state spending on the War on Drugs has exceeded $39 billion. The money should raise a few eyebrows. If that doesn't there is the moral case. How can the government decide what we can or cannot put in our bodies. Do we not own our body?

I get it, I had to sit through those D.A.R.E. speaches too. "Drugs are bad, ummkay." So? That isn't the point. Smoking crack is just stupid and if you are smart you won't do it. Stop the War on Drugs. Any government functionary or candidate that says otherwise should be thrown out of office.