| I'm really torn on this legalization issue. At least with Marijuana.
I agree that legalizing harder drugs wouldn't make everyone run out and try them, but I DO think that it would 1. Make them way too easy to get for both kids and addicts and 2. Make them more enticing for people who are one the edge, considering use. I mean if the gov. says its okay, why not? As a former user, I'm glad drugs aren't easier to obtain and use than they already are.
I go back and forth on the marijuana issue. In my ideal world, people wouldn't use drugs without medical supervision by a responsible doctor. Obviously that isn't going to happen.
But I do think that the marijuana culture (as it is today) can lead people VERY easily to more dangerous drugs. It might be different if the government regulated marijuana.
That said, I am bothered by people who say that marijuana is completely harmless. I have seen people who's lives have been negatively impacted by this drug, and it shouldn't be taken lightly. That said, alcohol is legal and that drug causes more harm than just about everything else combined, I think. No, the law doesn't make sense, but I don't really think there is a good answer right now.
But getting back to this San Diego issue...I'm really glad to see the DEA looking for drugs in places besides the border, African American ghettos, etc. I'm writing a paper about the crack cocaine sentencing disparity and the stats are absolutely atrocious. I'm not saying that there isn't a drug problem in other places, it's just nice to see that the scope of the "War on Drugs" is being widened.
This raid also brings the issue of drugs into the laps of college students, parents, etc. I think this is so important. All too often I think people think that drugs are just "not their problem" and that drug problems "happen to other people." Drugs don't discriminate. Addiction can happen to anyone. |