Sam has an interview with a Canadian member of the Marijuana Party, Fred Mallach. I would like to use this as a springboard to express my vehement opposition to drug legalization. I know that some of my known associates will disagree with me either partly or wholly.

I first should deal with the Libertarian perspective on legalization. They say that it is not the role of the government to intrude on our lives in that way. We have the freedom to be stupid and harm ourselves, and that is our own responsibility for being stupid, to deal with the consequences.

I disagree. We don’t have the freedom to be as stupid as we want to be, under the guise that we are only harming ourselves, or that the consequences are our own. If that were the case, the Constitution would say, “just do whatever you want, so long as it doesn’t harm others. The consequences of your actions are your own responsibility.”

I know that some Libertarians THINK that’s what the Constitution does say, but it doesn’t provide for a fend for yourself anarchy. It sets up a system of government, under the realization that there need to be some rules sometimes.

There is the argument that marijuana is not a dangerous drug. I personally beg to differ, but if we accept that premise, then it would certainly rule out other drugs, which are decidedly more harmful. If you think that the agenda of these people stops at legalizing “non-harmful” marijuana, you are wrong. Mallach said,

“It is hard enough convincing people that the greatest harm from marijuana is its criminalization, it would be impossible at this time to advocate for the legalization of heroin and cocaine.”

In case you missed that, what he said is that legalizing heroin and cocaine is on the agenda. It just needs to wait until people are desensitized to the idea.

Hey, let’s just legalize everything. Marx called religion “the opiate of the masses.” Who needs religion as an opiate, when you can have actual opiates. Nothing like a mindless, strung out, drugged up electorate to follow orders from the government. It’s called dope for a reason, stupid.

Mallach said, “The only platform the Marijuana Party has is to legalize marijuana. I want to legalize it, regulate it, and tax it, and use the money to support housing, education, detox facilities, safe consumption sites and other harm reduction programs.”

What was it that Reagan said about government? Something like, “If it makes money, tax it. If it moves, regulate it.” Something like that.

Some would argue that by legalizing drugs, it takes the black market, and crime elements out of the drug trade. Then why don’t we legalize child pornography? It will take the criminal element out it, and government regulations could ensure that the exploited children are exploited and abused in a safe manner and in full compliance with government regulations. For example, the state could provide a child psychologist, to ensure that the abused child still has the opportunity to grow up reasonably well adjusted.

I have not even a nano-shred of doubt that the ACLU would support such an atrocious idea, but any reasonable person is thinking, “That’s ridiculous. That’s stupid.” OF COURSE IT IS. So is legalizing drugs to make them more “safe.”

The very advocates of legalization, are the same vacuum skulled clowns that try to destroy any capitalist endeavor by choking the life out of it with litigation. Do you know where I’m about to go with this? Some idiot spills hot coffee on herself and sues McDonalds. Some dolt uses a snowblower on his roof and falls off… Sues the company. People smoke for 42 years then sue the tobacco company. (You’ve gotta know where I’m heading here.)

How long, if legalized, will it be before the same anti-capitalist losers are suing “Big Marijuana” for it’s adverse effects on people? You just know these litigious cretins will be out there, “Scooby Doobie Doggy” is targeting young children. “Heroin Horse” is designed to market heroin to underprivileged minorities. Those eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevillll Marijuana corporations, how dare they. That’s tantamount to genocide, or at least slave ownership.

Legalize it. Go ahead. But all this WILL happen. Every penny raised from taxing it will be eaten up by the next generation of slobbering, brain damaged, illiterate, unskilled drug addicts. It won’t pay for social programs. It will be the reason they are needed. And that is the reason behind the agenda. To create a dependency class, and further entrench the victimization of the nation.

You may now attempt to persuade me that I’m not always right.

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One more thing, I was right about the Hippies. Mallach said, “If you mean hippy to mean someone who ascribes to the lyrics of John Lennon’s song ‘Imagine’, then I would be happy to admit to being a hippy.” See why I was right.

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