Would you like a cigarette with that beer, Mr. President?

0u812.wordpress.com by Justin Michels | Jul. 29, 2009 (Opinion)

Prohibition was declared a failure over seventy years ago, so why are we still trying to make it work against indigenous cultures and various peoples who have chosen to intoxicate themselves with something other than beer and cigarettes? Considering the disproportionate and sickening number of minority inmates doing time for involvement with illegal drugs, how can anyone deny the racial implications of our current federal policy?

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by Kim C. Maynard - Jul. 30, 2009

Wow. Reading this article is like a drug trip in itself. As I drifted and floated down some two thirds of the way through the article I realized I had completely forgotten what the original discussion was about. I think the author eventually brought us back on topic, though five minutes later I couldn't remember any of it and ten minutes later I was scrounging around the kitchen looking for munchies. At least it was entertaining. Mildly.

If any of you remember who George Shultz was, (hint...he did about every job possible for Nixon and was Secretary of State for Reagan) old George said, more or less, that the only way to stop gang violence, organized crime and the like was to legalize drugs. All of them. Things would be hectic for a while, and then after a few years it would be no big deal, except crime would be cut by about 75%, prison population would be cut in half, and we would end gangs and organized crime. But then, there's probably an upside too.