Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

LEAP does NOT take sides in political disputes and has members and supporters from many different political perspectives. However, we should take note of debates that are taking place.

A conservative blogger recently wrote an essay on drug legalization in which she argued that marijuana should remain illegal because:

Marijuana . . . has always been counter-cultural in the West. Every toke symbolizes a thumb in the eye of Western values. So it follows that in order to maintain our culture, we need to criminalize this drug.

Of course this sort of ignores the fact that America's first president was a pony-tail wearing pot-growing revolutionary. It also ignores the fact that marijuana and all other drugs were perfectly legal in the west up until the 20th century. But whatever.

Another conservative blogger responded to the argument about marijuana and culture here.

It is great to see that these debates are taking place among conservatives and that we are winning. Many of us will disagree on other issues, but hopefully we can start to create more of a consensus against the drug war.

Have a great Christmas everyone.

Here's a Christmas video from the Kenosha police department in Wisconsin:

Obesity more deadly than previously thought - Telegraph: "A study of one million father and son pairs found that being overweight may increase the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease by 82 per cent."

Perhaps we should have a war against obesity as well. We have to protect the children. We have to protect public health. Law of unintended consequences be damned.
The cases would be very easy to prove in court.

Prosecutor: "Will the defendant please rise and face the jury?"

Defendant rises.

Prosecutor: "Case closed."

Of course I am joking, but maybe I shouldn't. It might give the drug warriors an idea.