XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.politics   
   From: bliss@sfo.com   
      
   Scotius wrote:   
   > On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:31:12 GMT, bw@barrk.net (B1ackwater) wrote:   
   >   
   >> By Jack Cafferty   
   >> Special to CNN   
   >>   
   >> Editor's note: Jack Cafferty is the author of a new book, "Now or   
   >> Never: Getting Down to the Business of Saving Our American Dream." He   
   >> provides commentary on CNN's "The Situation Room" daily from 4 to 7   
   >> p.m. ET. You can also visit Jack's Cafferty File blog.   
   >>   
   >> Jack Cafferty says America's effort to prohibit illegal drugs doesn't   
   >> work and should be rethought.   
   >>   
   >> . . .   
   >>   
   >> NEW YORK (CNN) -- Here's something to think about:   
   >>   
   >> How many police officers and sheriff's deputies are involved in   
   >> investigating and solving crimes involving illegal drugs?   
   >   
   > 	So certain crimes should be legalized if there are a lot of   
   > that type going on?   
   	   
   	Big snip   
      
      
   	Especially if they are crimes created by foolish legislators   
   to fulfill aims of bureaucratic  law enforcement organizations by   
   turning commerce into criminal hands.  The laws against certain drugs   
   were passed to improve society but have failed in that regard as we   
   have broken up families to save them from drug use. The turf wars with   
   many casualties to innocent bystanders as well as police and criminals   
   could not have happened without drug prohibitions.   
      
   	Instead we have a bloated law enforcement agency that has   
   sponsored violations of the right to privacy and the right to   
   property.  The expenses of this sort of moralistic battle are rather   
   high for the taxpayer as he/she must pay for capture, prosecution   
   and incarceration of people who have not for the most part harmed   
   anyone but themselves.   
   	   
   	later   
   	bliss   
      
   --   
        Do you support drug prohibition because it finances criminals   
   at home or because it finances terrorists abroad?   
     Question courtesy of: M. Simon September 21, 2001   
      
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