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This article was originally published on Reality Sandwich, and appears here with permission. Drug use is a public health issue, yet in the United States it is treated as a war.  The “War on Drugs” refers to the United States’ domestic and global campaign of drug prohibition, criminalization, policing, military interventions, and policymaking that responds to the issue of drug use with the violence of the state.  Since this declaration of war, federal and state legislatures have incentiv...

And we permit high risk all the time. i mean, if you look at the study of philosophy and religion, thats very risky stuff. theres bad ideas out there. generally, we allow people to eat what they want, and that is very risky, but we do overly concentrate on what people put into their body. to me, its an issue of liberty. and jeff sessions is not a libertarian at all. and the war on drugs is a totally illegal system. and if you look at history, our government recognized that we dont have the right...

Philosophy and religion, thats very risky stuff. theres bad ideas out there. generally we allow people to eat what they want and that is very risky but we do overly concentrate on what people put in their bodies. to me its an issue of liberty and jeff sessions is not a libertarian. hes not a civil libertarian at all, and the war on drugs is a totally illegal system, and if you look at it carefully, our tradition has been that the government recognized that we dont have the right to regulate the ...