Those drugs laws shouldn't exist at all. It's a personal choice.
And as I keep indicating it's a damn embarrassment a country that loves to crow how free it is is the worlds top incarcerator over a personal choice in the same realm as alcohol. And the consequences over getting caught with a joint in America has been disastrous for many. The consequences of addiction in America is addicts occasionally being scared to get help for fear of legal consequences and the treatment has been understudied amd the accepted practices mostly garbage. All in the land of the free where certain mushrooms can get you in a lot of trouble.
I know. My point is that hyperbole and exaggeration do not help.
Certainly most of the Drug Laws .. and the war on Drugs liberty and freedom restrictions .. like Bank account and nother things distantly related are an anathema to the Constitutional Republic and founding principle.. Illegitimacy of Authority .. full Stop.
You can have Drug Laws be legitimate .. IFF "if and only if" - there is Overwhelming majority consent of the Public .. at least 2/3 rds or like in the case of a change to the constitution requiring 75%. If something is so nasty to society that we re going allow Gov't the power to punish .. then at least 2 out of 3 people are going to recognize this harm as really significant.
For Example -- Pot vs Meth. Pot there is little harm .. certainly no more than what is already legal (which is a huge problem for Rule of Law .. Punishment should fit the Crime .. among other things) over 60% think it should be decriminalized - not even close to the bar required to avoid "Tyranny of the Majority" -- the thing our system was designed to prevent.
Meth is a different story .. this drug is super dangerous .. and does extremely nasty things to people very quickly .. way worse than snorting Coke for example .. or even smoking it .. not comparable in terms of harm to
For Meth you are going to have more people wanting to give Govt' authority to regulate and criminalize . This works for things like incest between consenting adults or Horse-Play .. If you can get enough citizens together to say "Not in our back Yard" authority can be granted.
The problem with our system is that we no longer follow the Rules and principles .. .. on which our system was founded .. every sitting member of SCOTUS should be dismissed for dereliction of duty .. failure to interpret law and the constitution according to the DOI - and founding principles .. Rules of a Constitutional Republic.
Further .. the populace has been dumbed down such that they no longer know what those rules are .. and so do not realize they are being violated .. 12 years of School and we manage not to teach a kid the founding principle .. basics of Philosophy .. Logic - logical fallacy - what constitutes valid argument .. basics of civics .. "Legitimacy of Authority" what is the legit authority of Gov't and what is not ?
With out these basic tools there is no way for the ave citizen to make way through the daily cacophony of fallacy and bad argument reigning down on them from Politicians and the Media. Without at least the basics there is no such thing as functional democratic process within a constitutional framework.. The simple fact that Rule Number 1 = Gov't has ZERO Legitimate authority to mess with Essential liberty "Of its own Volition" .. very few people have the faintest idea .. and so they no longer react when Gov't tramples on this Liberty.
How your right to privacy doing these days lads .. didn't Biden propose monitoring all transactions greater than 600 .. didn't pass but all the other stuff did .. and with electronic money everything you do can be monitored .. though that or your phone .. heck .. Big Brother can watch you through your TV just like in the Movie "1984" which we no longer show the Children .. as might interfere with the blissfull necessary illusion that Gov't is All GOOD .. and always has your best interests .. but more importantly the interests of the collective at heart .. The name of this plague is "Utilitarianism" .. we are now in the Fallacious Utilitarianism phase .. Law on the basis of "Harm Reduction" .. what is best for the collective (supposedly as who gets to decide) with no regard for individual liberty .. and folks just accept this a legitimate .. and not the anathema that the founders wished to prevent Rule number 1 violation.
