Let’s consider the war on drugs, shall we.  Hundreds of billions of dollars spent, tens of thousands of lives lost, millions of lives ruined, untold loss of productivity and creativity and family unity.  Bottom line, we have no good answers.  

Legalizing drugs is moronic and has not worked to the advantage of the societies where it has been tried.  Harsher and invasive legal tactics yield relatively small returns and have dramatic negative impact on the majority of us.  The only possible answer is for people to just say no.  Don’t laugh.  People will not just say no for moral, religious or practical reasons, we know that.  The question is, what would motivate the vast majority of people to just say no?

The answer is, fear of immediate, painful, death.  If we had undercover agents to actively poison the supply, such that anyone who used would die, most would not use.   If we poisoned the supply is such a way that users couldn’t test on some poor sap and know within a short time that their drugs were in fact poisoned, they would stop or many would die.

Is it moral to poison the supply?  The answer is a resounding yes.  Users are killing themselves anyway, users are killing others occasionally, users are mandating the use of scarce resources that could help save or at a minimum, help enhance the lives of thousands of deserving, law abiding citizens, and users would be warned so that they have the option of not being affected adversely.

Poison the supply and win the war on drugs with a lot less human loss, human misery, wasted resources, excuses for unconstitutional laws or actions.  Poison the supply and everyone (other than those who choose to partake and die) wins.

Stan Solomon @ StanSolomon.com