"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
No Good Guys in the War on Drugs
"All of that tough talk about prosecuting money launderers and drug-dealers is thus reserved for the very marginal figure of the neighborhood dope man; and that fact, in turn, makes America’s gargantuan prison companies quite happy indeed, their cages overfull with new captives who made the mistake of doing something the ruling class does with impunity — on a much smaller scale."
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Everything about the so-called "war on drugs", including its much-lamented "failure", is a lie. The prohibition of drugs has its roots in racism. It is, and always has been, a tool of oppression. The reason to end the war isn't that it has failed. The reason to end it is that is has succeeded, far beyond anyone's wildest dreams.