THE WAR ON DRUGS! Should we end it? Ron Paul thinks so
Liberty is the ultimate moral principle- everyone has a natural right to make their own choices and take responsibility for their choices, and Ron Paul is the biggest advocate of liberty out of all the candidates gunning to run for president in 2012. I especially like the part where Ron Paul says that if we legalize heroin tomorrow, everybody is going to use heroin- NOT! I certainly wouldn't, regardless of whether or not it is legal... not using heroin gives me an edge in society and my health, so I'll choose to keep that edge, thank you very much! As long as we do not endanger the lives of others or harm others in any way, we should be allowed to do what we want to do because it is our natural right. Those who harm others from the use of drugs...well, they should be punished according to state laws. What about the children? I doubt the government understands children more than the parents do.... what about parents that don't care or children without a parent or legal guardian, ask you naysayers? Take a look at the current system- those children are still doomed under the current system! Use the money we are wasting fighting a losing war on drugs to save those children!
This counts as a global issue I suppose, because we have countries down south to worry about. Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, among many others.... would gangs have power if their goods are worth nothing now that America can legally grow/produce/sell drugs? Yes they will, not from drugs anymore though, from human trafficking but that is also already taking place under the current system! Use the money we throw away fighting those wars, and funding stupid operations like Fast and Furious to combat human trafficking. At least the people who do drugs do it because they want to- people don't choose to be human trafficked.
Ron Paul's ideas on liberty logically make sense and would arguably lead to a better United States; the only problem is that the right wing reacts to things like "legalize marijuana" in a way that is completely illogical. They hear that and the agrarian/non-intellectual part of the right wing is saying "Ron Paul, you're a hippie". It's just sad that because arguing with idiots is a losing game, Ron Paul and other intelligent candidates or candidates who are "unable to inspire enthusiasm" will fall behind at least in the preliminary and intermediate stages of the primary election. We can only hope that come 2012, people will have stopped the shenanigans and picked an intelligent candidate.
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