Everyone needs to read this article in Rolling Stone. A true masterpiece of journalism. Also a true shame, and testament to the decrepit state of our mainstream media, that other venues have not run similar exposes.

It actually begins as a very common tale of tyranny. In order to get something done, government instills fear into the populace to make them docile, which Nixon did when he began to label narcotics as public enemy number one.

[Nixon] used the issue to escalate the culture war that pitted Middle Americans against the radicals and the hippies, strengthening penalties for drug dealers and devoting federal funds to bolster prosecutions.

The supposedly small-government Reagan stepped up enforcement:

[Reagan handed] police and prosecutors even greater powers to lock up street dealers, and to devote more resources to stop cocaine’s production at the source, in the Andes.

It was also during Reagan’s administration when mandatory-minimum laws were adopted, forcing huge jail time and penalties even for simple possession.

Under Bush the 1st, spending was upped to 12 billion dollars. Fighter jets and submarines were purchased to fight this “war on drugs”. Does that seem even a little ridiculous to you?

And it’s only gotten worse sense then, with our prison’s overflowing with people who have never committed any violent crimes nor theft. Even though imprisoning dealers and users has done nothing to reduce drugs on the street.

It once again shows that politicians like to ignore simple facts and economics in favor of flexing their muscles in the name of “doing something.” Unfortunately, the people like when they flex their muscles, because it gives us the sense that we’re flexing our muscles too.

But all the drug war does is lower supply, which increases the price, which then makes it more profitable, which then attracts more dealers. So the level always comes back to equilibrium, and government is powerless to stop it.

And Christians should be glad. Why?

Because placing people who have never committed a violent crime in the socialist hellholes we call prisons is not mercy. It’s not even justice.

When rapists and murderers are being released to make room for some kid who got caught smoking marijuana, there is a problem.

When an addict who needs true help is simply thrown in jail to rot, there is a problem.

The truth is that the voluntary, charitable organizations do an efficient job at helping to curb the problem. Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous have had enormous success with the tiniest fraction of the budget of the government.

Instead of helping, the government seems to want to do everything in their evil power to ruin lives and to keep people from getting this help. They just want to exert authority for authority’s sake in the name of “order”.

But the drug war needs to stop (since it’s failing anyway). Drugs need to be brought out into the open like alcohol and nicotine, so they can be dealt with honestly and reasonably without the need to waste taxpayer money buying fighter jets and submarines.

And Christian’s should rejoice when it finally does come crashing down spectacularly, as is usually the case when idols, or at least appendages of idols, crumble and fall. If we are placing our faith in government to “save” us from this evil, our faith is misplaced.

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