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Atrocities plague the drug war, too.

By Marks & Katz, LLC

  War breeds atrocities. We saw it with Abu Ghraib, My Lai, mini-My Lais (see here, too), and the list continues pathetically and endlessly. Consequently, great care must be taken by the government in deciding when and how to wage armed war and war in the criminal justice system, and in minimizing the risks and occurrences of atrocities.   Why on earth would we allow the risk of violent atrocities and atrocities against the Constitution in the drug war, particularly when it comes to marijuana, which drug would give us a much better society if all liquor drinkers consumed marijuana, instead? Last July, this senseless war on marijuana led to Prince George's, Maryland, police killing (murdering?) two dogs of Berwyn Heights's mayor when executing a marijuana search warrant that found no evidence of any crimes...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on March 26, 2009 (boomark / email).