Sum of Substance

This is not about the song from Assuck. It is about an issue that has plagued cities in America and has plagued countries. The two countries really feeling the effects are Columbia and Afghanistan. What is the issue? It is the DRUG WAR. Also known as the "war on drugs". It varies depending which stooge is defending the policy.

In the news there was a meeting in Seville, Spain between top Nato military leaders on the talk of squashing the Opium trade in Afghanistan. One of the ways the pentagon will enact such a surge in the Drug War is by sending in William Wood, the overseer of the Drug War in Columbia, to Afghanistan. Well the news article deals further with the inadequacies and the detrimental effects that will be caused by this move, so I will not discuss that further. What I will discuss is my own perspective on the prohibition of contraband.

Well, first off, I live in California. Drugs flow through this State like water. I can easily, just as anyone can, find a local dealer that will provide me with an illegal substance such as marijuana, meth, or other Opiates. For cocaine I would have to venture 40 miles to Hollywood. There just isn't a big supply here. All these local dealers can be akin to other entrepreneurs or business man on the market. They provide a substance that is in demand. But with the advent of the Drug War, it is has skewed how markets would work without the force of law weighing heavily on the drug business.

The sale of drugs in a territory where it is prohibited creates what is known as a "black market". In a black market, the sale of any illegal contraband (contraband can be anything, it doesn't have to necessarily be drugs) will be prone to high prices and battles between the people willing enough to sell these products. Given that there is no protection under law for the sale of contraband, there will be violent action between the various drug cartels. There is no complete code of ethics and with the State collapsing on the market, there is no way to really create various contractual agreements. Wal-mart and Target do not engage in violent interaction, reason being is because the commodities they sell are not illegal, they will lose monetary resources through incessant fighting, and they follow the law of the State. Of course the State doesn't have legitimate law in the first place but with out the State there will arise codes of ethics between businesses just because of the necessity in the market. That I will discuss in the near future.

The moral case against drug use is that everyone is a private property owner. Even if you rent an apartment, your body is still your own private property. Whatever you put in your body, no matter how vile it is, is your own business and no one Else's unless you allow people into your life. The State acts like a nanny and tries to control the way people use there bodies. What shrewed arrogance we are facing! Do not let the State tell you what to do with your life in how you control your own body. Nature doesn't recognize that blatant authority. Now I will diverge and say If a drug user was in another's house and that house owner doesn't want there to be drugs then the drug user has to follow those dictates or leave. Since the government can't legitimately own property, then territorial dictation doesn't work.

For more information here is two outstanding links:
www.attackthesystem.com
www.adventuresinlegalland.com