[geeks] Marijuana Legalization

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Phil Stracchino wrote:
>> For the record, I'm not a drug user either. But I think the "war on  
>> drugs" is nothing but a feel-good waste of time.
> 
> I'll put it more strongly than that:  The War on Drugs is really a war
> on the American people and our freedoms, and it's a war we're all
> losing.  There is ONE way to win that war:  Eliminate the profit
> potential.  If you can't make any profit selling drugs, there's no point
> in pushing them.

I personally think that drugs should be available from candy machines in 
the mall, but I'm weird like that.  Want ecstasy?  Throw your Sacajawea 
in the coin slot.

> And then there's Libertarians like me and the Ogre (whom I don't think
> anyone here knows), who say "This is MY freedom, and you are SO NOT
> going to fuck with it, monkey boy."

Your freedom ends at my nose, and mine ends at yours.  That's what I 
believe.

Peace...  Sridhar