Legal Drugs Kill Far More Than IllegalSo parents should be relieved to find out their kid is shooting up smack rather than popping Vicadin. Which comes as no surprise to me. Only really cool entertainers at the top of their careers die of a heroin overdose. Everyone knows that. So go ahead and throw in some coke so you can stay alert enough to enjoy your dosed up day. You might just right a killer song while some Oxycontin abuser ends up in the morgue or, worse, on a nationally syndicated talk radio program.
An analysis of autopsies in 2007 released this week by the Florida Medical Examiners Commission found that the rate of deaths caused by prescription drugs was three times the rate of deaths caused by all illicit drugs combined.
So of course the authorities can look at this data and see that the drug war has been a farce all along meant to imprison undesirables who would dare to explore traditional altered states.
Law enforcement officials said that the shift toward prescription-drug abuse, which began here about eight years ago, showed no sign of letting up and that the state must do more to control it.Or maybe they'll just find some new way to perpetuate the unwinable war.
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So of course the authorities can look at this data and see that the drug war has been a farce all along meant to imprison undesirables who would dare to explore traditional altered states.
Wrong, imprisoning them costs money. It's just a by product of their real goal:Seizing assets. State, local and the Federal Government make billions each year in seized money and property. The "war on drugs" effectively ended our 4th Amendment protection against unlawful search and seizure.
Consider this, if the authorities seize your property before you are convicted you can't use those assets to provide a vigorous defense, leaving you at the mercy of THEIR court appointed lawyer.
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