tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post2665877459608072977..comments2023-10-29T05:29:58.599-04:00Comments on Right-Side-of-Lowell: Narco-ReligionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post-68322467220738743452010-05-31T08:21:19.718-04:002010-05-31T08:21:19.718-04:00Throughout the history of the US, we have looked d...Throughout the history of the US, we have looked down on all of our southern brothers as something much less.....well......sophisticated and intellectual. "Patronizing" and "indulgent" are two terms that join in others describing our foreign policy towards the southern nations in North and South America. And now we are reaping the benefits of that distancing.<br /><br />One of those benefits is an unrelenting supply of street drugs and the culture that emerges when we make something "illegal, nasty, dirty, etc." It happened with prohibition....and certainly was present when we winked an eye at the many opium dens.<br /><br />On one hand, I think that we can make the narco-terrorism within our borders simply vanish if we legalize the vast pharmacopia of "street" drugs. We can also ensure the purity of them, something that today is a crapshoot. Finally, their legalization provides for a certain acceptance that leads to dealing with the outcomes in a much more positive and beneficial way. Might as well....we have housewives, kids, captains of industry, clergy, doctors, nurses, and candlestick makers all hooked on this or that.....most of which is provided sub rosa. So....the market is there...and it is a bull market....we just refuse out of social piety to acknowledge it.<br /><br />My only fear or concern is that as an unintended consequence, we may create or at least formalize a whole class of citizens who are, because of their profound addictions, totally dependent on society and the government....but then....maybe they already are.<br /><br />It's not that this problem is coming and begs planning for solutions. The decks are already awash, and we've not even located the life jackets.ncrosslandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01667362872097065210noreply@blogger.com