danimal
2008-07-07 14:00:57
ummm… dan, what about buying the poppies and, instead of burning them, producing opiate medications for the sizable majority of the world population currently forced to do without the basic pain relief the western world has enjoyed for decades?
and it is certainly worth noting that the vast bulk of drug users are responsible, contributing members of society – not addicts. the “war on drugs,” which most certainly undermines the “war on terror,” is not only ineffective, but entirely unnecessary.
as many have noted before, the greatest dangers of using drugs are the prospect of arrest and incarceration, not overdose and addiction.
