The debate surrounding the legalization of drugs, particularly opioids, often centers around the moral, medical, and economic consequences. Proponents of prohibition often argue that legalizing drugs can reduce crime, alleviate pressure on the criminal justice system, and allow addicts to seek treatment without fear of legal repercussions. But there’s a crucial element being overlooked: the…
Drug prohibition in the United States has long been criticized not only for its ineffectiveness and punitive nature but also for its deeply rooted racial biases. The 1994 Crime Bill, officially known as the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, was a pivotal piece of legislation that exemplified how drug laws disproportionately target and…
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. ~ Thomas Jefferson The above quote is one of my…