SC44 wrote:The war on drugs is changing and to be honest, our government never wanted us to win. In California, we have this new law in place called AB109. This is prison realignment. If a crime is considered NON- serious, NON- violent and NON- sex related, you will NOT go to prison (state that is Feds are whole different story). Drugs are categorized as a NON,NON,NON. So what does that mean? Get caught with a ounce of coke, heroin or meth ( weed is medicine) and get county jail. Get caught with a pound of coke, heroin or meth, county jail.
SC44..
Welcome to the conversation. Reading some of the information on AB109 that calls for sentencing reform.
The real question is being ignored.
Is it right to kidnap peaceful people and lock them in a cage for the substances they choose to ingest? Are you a freeman or are you not?
Unlike folks like jonriv, I like to live by the Golden Rule and treat others as I wish to be treated.
And as a moral person I would NEVER kidnap and lock Peaceful Americans Who Voluntarily Choose To Use Intoxicants Not Currently Approved of by the Government into a cage.
By extension I cannot support a LAW to do it in my stead. The law is force. It is the point of a gun.
BTW..The same is happening with the Gun Control crowd. They are not against guns because government would still have guns. They are simply against us proles owning guns without a government permission slip. Freemen don't ask for permission. Slaves ask for permission.
But the War on Drugs (
Peaceful Americans Who Voluntarily Choose To Use Intoxicants Not Currently Approved of by the Government), is not just a failure, it has also fostered great evils when it comes to privacy, the prison system, the judicial system, law enforcement, pain treatment, and civil liberties.
Although the Drug War is blatantly unconstitutional, an illegitimate function of government, a monumental failure, and the cause of a great many evils, we should never lose sight of the fact that above all its real problem is that it is a war on property and freedom.
Gun Control and Drug Control 2 sided coin.
http://lfb.org/gun-control-and-the-war-on-drugs/WHO OWNS YOU? THAT is the point of this thread..and I believe that point is perfectly clear to the majority of the respondents.