When anything that people might want is outlawed it creates a black market in that product or service.
Those people who supply that product or service become rich enough to be able to corrupt Law enforcement and government.
Those people who supply that product or service support the continued prohibition of those products or services so they can continue to make money from the uncontrolled sales. To that end they become the biggest supporters of Right Wing Law and order politicians who then can't prosecute them for fear of exposure of where their campaign funds came from.
The medical and pharmaceutical industries enter into this by developing and dispensing more kinds of abusable drugs which are eventually outlawed adding to black market, medical and pharmaceutical profits
How do we get off this vicious cycle?
2007-06-30 04:16:58 · 4 answers · asked by hairypotto 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
The one thing they don't talk about anywhere (at least in government circles) is why pot is illegal in the first place. The main reason it is illegal is because back in the 30's William Randolph Hearst owned a lot of newspapers and owned the paper mills that printed the paper. Hemp (which of course is not exactly the same thing as marijuana but is commonly associated and lumped together with it) was competing with his paper production so he rallied his friends in power (government) and finally made it illegal in 1937. I don't think a lot of people know this. The interesting part is that when the case was originally brought before congress the prosecutor (Anslinger) claimed that it caused violence, attacks, delerium, death and was only used by poor black people (jazz musicians I believe). When the topic came back up in the 50's the same guy (Anslinger) told congress a totally different story. Now his tale said that it should be illegal because it caused mellowness and apathy.
2007-06-30 04:18:17 · update #1
He said the communists would try to use it against our youth in a bid to corrupt America.
2007-06-30 04:20:10 · update #2
I agree. I think the best policy to fight illegal drugs is to make them legal.
2007-06-30 04:21:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Wouldn't the best way to stop corruption be to ban all "well to do" folks from holding ANY government office? ;-)=
2007-06-30 11:27:19 · answer #2 · answered by Jcontrols 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what is paris Hilton got to do with this??
2007-07-05 22:44:56 · answer #3 · answered by cprucka 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
paris hilton
2007-06-30 11:23:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋