August 09, 2005

Legalize Crank, says NYT columnist.

My head just exploded.

I was joking about this here a while back. But John Tierney at the New York Times is serious.

Jeff Harrell is pretty hacked off, too. Don't go here if you mind the sailor-talk.

UPDATE: Mark Kleiman, who actually studies this stuff, has more fact-filled (though less rhetorically satisfying) thrashing of Tierney's folly.

UPDATE II: Rusty responds in Why Everybody is Wrong About The Drug War

Posted by: seedubya at 11:53 PM | Comments (4) | Add Comment
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1 John Timey is an idiot.

Posted by: Howie at August 10, 2005 08:35 AM (D3+20)

2 Drugs are bad...right.

Posted by: tyler at August 10, 2005 02:46 PM (Y9Lwb)

3 Wow, I just read that whole post from Jeff Harrell, what an ass. He has no clue of the things he speaks of. I have a lot of friends who've had lots of problems. My girlfriend did ice/meth for a long time. Some people can deal with drugs. Some people know how to control their minds and bodies even if they're all screwed up. Telling Liz that she's destroying her life is a horrible thing to say. How many lives have been destroyed by pot? None. The only harm comes from when people create drama because they don't agree with your pot smoking.

Posted by: tyler at August 10, 2005 02:57 PM (Y9Lwb)

4 Tyler, You know not of what you speak. Check your local trauma center at 3am on Saturday morning, and you'll find plenty of kids who wrapped up their cars on the way home because they were so mellow that they forgot to drive. Most are combo alcohol and pot, true, but not legally drunk. If pot were the only drug kids could get their hands on, it'd still be bad but not as bad as the introduction it gives to the world of nastier stuff. Yes, I'm sure you stopped there but many do not.

Posted by: Patrick at August 10, 2005 08:59 PM (yNY2S)

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