At this point, if you’re illegalizing drugs then you’re propping up the murderous drug cartels and industry of the world. Either legalize it and offer sane societal programs for health and addiction or sanction tyranny.
> Departments were told to “identify marijuana threats; issues created by state marijuana initiatives; and consequences of use, production, and trafficking on national health, safety, and security.”<p>As a resident of a county that produces a huge amount of weed, the biggest problems are due to it being illegal. Mexican cartels growing it in USFS land, long list of missing people that were reportedly working at a grow scene, random shallow graves discovered in the woods, polluted rivers that we can't swim in, major pesticide usage.
The article describes the desire for a media campaign against cannabis more than a war.<p>It's okay if the goverment makes statements about cannabis in a negative light. DOT talks about the dangers of driving. CDC talks about the dangers of vaping. The truth is cannabis isn't 100% harmless, and it's probably a good thing if our society has someone looking into the risks of this large social change we made.
One of the marks of a mature mind is being able to say "Thing X is bad, but any attempt to reduce X will cause more harm than X, so the practical and ethical thing to do is nothing."<p>X is sometimes a drug one might like to ban, but it's also frequently a technical practice or a company culture issue. The desire to fix everything ends up causing a lot of misery.
Is it much of a secret when Sessions claims it's "only slightly less awful" than heroin? I'm personally a drug-free conservative but that's bupkis.
I found it distasteful to even click it and I definitely can't stomach a full read.<p>It's extraordinary to me how we so willingly accept policy that directly and negatively affects so, so many facets of society and economy.<p>You want to maintain all the effects of growth, profits and budgets of a drug war economy? If so then you're a fucking idiot.