America’s Drug Czar John P. Walters thinks America’s policies on destroying lives and seizing property over citizen’s use of marijuana is “just right.”
Mr. Walters is obviously a dreamer. The problem is that his attempt to realize those dreams includes a willingness to destroy lives and seize real property (which is theft.) So, in order to “save our children” Mr. Walters is willing to use force and fraud, the two most morally unacceptable activities that humans beings can perpetrate on other human beings.
Walters recently published a flawed editorial in which he states that, “Our drug policy balances prevention, treatment and interdiction.” Bullshit!
From the Almanac of Policy Issues
Despite generally declining rates of drug use over the past two decades, drug arrests have been up significantly over the same time period. According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports, roughly 1,532,200 drug violation arrests were made in 1999, up from 580,900 in 1980.
These arrests have resulted in a dramatic increase in prison and jail populations. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, an estimated 109,200 people were held in jails due to drug-related offenses in 1996, compared to 20,400 in 1983. About 236,800 people were held in state prisons for drug-related offenses in 1998, compared to 148,600 in 1990.
Mr. Walters, I have a question for you. When you say treatment is part of the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s approach to fighting the War on Drugs, can I assume that by treatment you mean anal rape? Because that’s what happens to a lot of the non-violent marijuana users that have been locked up in America’s stellar penal systems.
Mr. Walters, when you talk about prevention, can I assume that by prevention you mean preventing marijuana users from owning anything? After all, you endorse government seizure of real property just because someone who owns that property or happened to be using it disagreed with you and your jackbooted thugs over what substances they should be allowed to ingest into their body.
Do you own all of us Mr. Walters? Is that what justifies your destruction of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? Your way of thinking makes me sick.