LJM
2008-07-08 09:24:28
The War on Drugs is inherently a leftist ideal. Supporting it requires a collectivist mindset. According to the government’s own data, the vast majority of people who use illegal drugs, even meth and heroin, are, like the vast majority of people who use alcohol, not addicts.
Shrinking the size and scope of government should the #1 priority for any true conservative. The war on drugs decreases liberty for Americans, costs billions in taxes, makes it more difficult to manage violent and property crimes, and only serves to keep dealers and drug lords rich.
To suggest that Americans need the government to keep themselves and their children from becoming addicted to drugs is to embrace the worst aspects of leftist ideology.
