Addicted
to the Drug War
by Doug Newman
Drug dealers are the scum of the earth and
the dregs of humanity.
There. I hope that satisfies you.
Some, no doubt, will ignore this because
this is an essay about the futility of the Drug War. Political
correctness is not just a liberal's disease. Many conservatives--not
all, but many--have done with the Drug War what liberals have
done with racial quotas and gay rights. When anyone says anything
in opposition to the Drug War, they spaz out as if they were tripping
on Angel Dust.
Such were my thoughts after reading Bill
O'Reilly's May 16 column on World Net Daily in which he classifies
drug dealing as a "crime against humanity." O'Reilly
tells some gut wrenching stories about drug addicts and their
families, and lays the blame at the feet of the dealers who sold
the drugs to these addicts. He writes that, "If nobody sold
drugs, there would be no drug problem."
Liberals frequently brand those who oppose
racial quotas "racists" and those who oppose gay rights
"homophobic." Conservatives, likewise, frequently brand
those who oppose the Drug War as "pro-drug." In this
respect, they are no different from those people they say they
oppose diametrically. They fail to recognize that just because
the government is doing nothing to address a certain issue, that
does not mean that nobody is doing anything to address this issue.
They fail to recognize that their agendas have produced numerous
unintended consequences and that continuing with these agendas
will only make bad problems worse.
O'Reilly writes: "The truth is that
selling hard drugs to people who may die from using them, may
become enslaved by addiction, may abuse their children while intoxicated,
and may commit crimes to buy more drugs is a vile enterprise that
should be condemned by society. The (New York State drug) laws
were passed to protect Americans from people who would prey upon
them. The average pusher on the street sells to scores of people
every day. The damage that person is doing is enormous."
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