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talkpolitics2011-06-02 11:08 am
johnny9fingers.livejournal.com) wrote in talkpolitics2011-06-02 11:08 am
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Given that the "War on Drugs" appears to the rest of the world to be lost:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13624303
I wonder what would make the US finally give it up as a lost cause?
Is it that there is just too much invested in the "War" for the US powers-that-be to relinquish one of its sacred cows? Or given the CIA's historic role in Latin America, and in various "drugs for weapons" and "drugs for freedom" operations world-wide (TM Oliver North, Taliban insurgency, et al) would liberalising the drugs laws run counter to US interests?
My own opinion is that we should legalise immediately. But I may just be an old hippie.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13624303
I wonder what would make the US finally give it up as a lost cause?
Is it that there is just too much invested in the "War" for the US powers-that-be to relinquish one of its sacred cows? Or given the CIA's historic role in Latin America, and in various "drugs for weapons" and "drugs for freedom" operations world-wide (TM Oliver North, Taliban insurgency, et al) would liberalising the drugs laws run counter to US interests?
My own opinion is that we should legalise immediately. But I may just be an old hippie.