America's war on drugs is a joke. America is a country which values individual freedoms but will spend money to incarcerate those who engage in activities that some find morally offensive. The war on drugs is "code" for the war on poor people. If America really wanted to stop the influx of illegal drugs into this country, it can seal the borders or legalize drugs. Yes, I said it. If you are not going to stop drugs from entering the country just legalize them. If drugs were legal there would be no profit for drug dealers. The only reason that people sell drugs is because it is profitable. Before moving to attend law school I lived in a state that did not sell alcohol on Sundays. You know what happened, bootleg distributors sold alcohol on Sundays anyway. Why, because they could sell it at a marked up price.

Drugs are sold because they are profitable. Drugs are profitable because they are illegal. This is not rocket science. Over half the inmates in our federal prison system are drug offenders. As a Professor once said, "it is almost unAmerican to prevent someone from selling something that there is a demand for."

Our government has created this drug problem. Every illegal drug was once legal and the republic did not fall apart. Special interest groups are the reason why we have so many illegal drugs. It is not the governments place to regulate private behavior. Let private industry regulate drug use.

Well, this is my first article and I will write back soon and fill in the gaps, because it is my belief that many American's are suffering from mis information.

AG

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