Thinking Clearly

Legalization is not a single point at the end of a continuum

By: Pete Guither 

 My take on the drug war is that there is perhaps a purposeful vagary to saying drug users need treatment. Those in the treatment business or the Government prefer it that way. This needs to turn from an underhanded business attempt at expanding the customer database into a real attempt at providing the help for those that really need it and ask for it outside of a coercive environment like the Department of Justice. It takes some confront and work to come up with some real answers to some real problems.

Right now the hardest part of legalizing marijuana is in getting the quick buck artists out of the drug war business. 

Pete Guither's blog has some food for thought.