Submitted by Richard G. Eramian (Rick), May 9, 2007 12:58

Drug fighters and illegalizers are NOT the good guys. Likewise for those who support other laws that criminalize peaceful behavior. Here are the facts: According to Constitutional law and the natural laws of justice, adults who exercise their natural rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness are not criminals no matter what any man-made law may say. Adults who refuse to be told what they may eat, drink, smoke, or otherwise ingest are not criminals anymore than those who refuse to be told what they may read, write, think, or believe. Drug fighters and illegalizers are criminals because they kill, assault, rob, and arrest peaceful human beings. They are also terrorists because they target civilians. The people who founded this country were smugglers, gun owners, and tax resistors. The Founders did not recognize the authority of any government to interfere with honest trade, peaceful behavior, or the right to bear arms. Ultimately, they refused to be stopped and searched for guns and contraband. These facts are the origin of the Second and Fourth Amendments, the heart and soul of this Republic. Thus, drug fighters and illegalizers are traitors in addition to being violent criminals and terrorists. The "war on drugs" is a lie. In fact, it is a war against people and their freedoms. It is human beings, not drugs, who are being killed, assaulted, robbed and arrested. Hundreds of millions of honest, decent people have been declared criminals by thousands of U.S. drug laws. This holy war against human beings who have been labeled evil substance abusers, is now the biggest witch hunt in history. Contrary to government war propaganda, "drugs" are not evil substances that destroy all those who come in contact with them unless they are protected by a magic piece of paper called a "license" or "prescription". This war hype is voodoo nonsense. Inert substances have no will and can't cause anything. It is illegalization that makes drugs dangerous. Illegalization produces adulterated, improperly labeled, and improperly manufactured drugs. Legalized, pure drugs packaged in safe doses are 100% safe. It is impossible to accidently overdose on properly labeled drugs that are packaged in safe doses. The major drugs in the world -- alcohol, cocaine, opiates, and cannabis -- are valuable medicines which have served mankind for thousands of years. These naturally produced medicines are also the safest drugs. Preparations of coca, opium, cannabis, and alcohol have been safely produced and consumed for centuries. These drugs belong in every medicine kit. In addition to medicinal uses, these much-valued herbal medicines also have religeous, ceremonial, and recreational uses. Drug laws and other prohibition laws contradict basic principles of freedom. In the words of Abraham Lincoln, "Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes... A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded."

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