President Obama
With our nation in a serious financial crisis, now is the time to look at ending our nations failed drug policy. You have been candid about your drug use in younger years, and it doesn’t appear to have negatively affected you. You know first hand the effects of several drugs, and I’m sure you’ve seen people who abused drugs and had it negatively affect their life.
Think about where would America be today if you had been arrested for your drug use? How many other Americans could have made great contributions to our nation, if not for their drug conviction? Your daughters are going to be offered drugs soon. I truly hope they choose not to experiment with drugs, but if they do, should it destroy their future?
I’m a former narcotics investigator, and I know first hand that our nation’s drug laws don’t work. When a 15 year old kid walks into a bar and tries to buy alcohol, someone checks his ID and throws him out. Same 15 year old kid walks up to any drug dealer and buys drugs. Trust me; no drug dealer is going to care how old he is. This is where the problem lies; if you want to control something it must regulated.
I was talking to a high school girl a while back, and I told her we needed to legalize drugs. She said you can’t do that; kids will be able to get drugs. I ask her how easy it was to get drugs at her school. She said it was pretty easy to get most drugs. I asked her how easy it was to get alcohol. She said kids can’t get alcohol, you need an adult. Her eyes got wide and she got that look teachers love to see when a student gets something.
Mr. President, the truth is that the only one controlling drugs in America today are drug dealers. They control the purity of drugs, the prices, where drugs are sold, and to what age. Please, don’t let the people who have promoted our failed drug policy for so many years continue to destroy lives. Drugs are bad, but the drug war is worse.
We need open discussions about where our nations drug policy should go from here.
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'Tis a Gift to Be Simple, 'Tis a Gift to Be Free
Jay, I believe you are right on a number of points. I've always been a fan of simple logic, it's the building blocks for large steps.
Here's an analogy. Imagine Barack Obama says, "we can end racism today! Right this moment!"
Everyone is listening intently, eager to hear this new magic formula.
Barack concludes, "just treat each other with respect. Treat others the way you want to be treated."
Many people are already following this and they applaud. Many others see the wisdom in this, and think to themselves, "haven't I heard this somewhere before?" But many others instantly dismiss it. They carry around too much passed down hatred; hang-ups, prejudices, mis-perceptions, and more, that has been laid on them by those older than they. They want to see others change before they allow themselves to change.
So the moral of the story :-) is to keep on working on reasons to counter the passed down hatred that's an unnecessary burden. I believe the many small pieces of good logic will take hold, and similar to "War of the Worlds," they will finally undermine the destructive big lies that are forcefully trying to take over. Clearly each side is escalating, and like on LEAP's own web site, they point out that even the mega dealers are convinced of their moral superiority. So "both sides," the mega dealers, and those wishing to flog them, imprison them, crush them with weapons are so certain they are right/superior they just escalate, clearly the solution isn't going to come from either of them, but those of us caught in the middle.
There's a saying, "know the truth, and the truth will set you free." And sometimes to see the bigger "truths" one has to build up to it with itty bitty small ones.
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