Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

May 14, 2010

When persistence inflicts unjustified injury on others, it ceases to be a virtue. The War on Drugs offers a splendid illustration of that principle.

Over the past 40 years, the Federal Government has spent more than a trillion dollars, imprisoned millions, killed thousands, and exported violence to Mexico, Columbia, and elsewhere in its crusade to regulate the bloodstream of individual Americans. Yet the rate of illegal drug use among youth is the same as it was in 1970; the rate of addiction is likewise unchanged; drugs are more available than ever; and narcotics-related corruption is widespread among law enforcement personnel.

The lasting impacts of this misbegotten crusade can be seen in the militarization of law enforcement, the institutionalization of officially sanctioned theft in the name of asset forfeiture, and the creation of the world?s largest prison population. Nearly all of the criminal violence associated with illegal immigration is blow-back from the War on Drugs.

Persisting in this course of action isn?t a virtue; it?s a crime.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.