I know I rant all the time about porn, sex work, etc, but you know what I actually think is the number one problem with American governmental policies?  The so-called “War on Drugs.”  We insist on paying lip-service to an ill-thought-out and ineffective policy of prohibition which has the exact same results as prohibition did the last time we tried it - skyrocketing crime and corruption.  What makes it worse is that we (or at least those of us who’re blinded by faith) delude ourselves into thinking the policy is working, because the murderous gangs have not (openly) taken control of *our* towns.  No, we’ve managed to outsource the problem to Mexico and South America, where the death toll on a daily basis rivals (and perhaps exceeds, anybody know for sure?) that in Iraq.

 I have a radical solution to at least part of the problem.  Legalize marijuana…but only for those who grow it themselves.  Voila!  The stoners can legally get what they want, and those who imagine themselves fit to dictate everyone else’s moral standards get uncontrovertable proof that the stoners have paid for their high with the kind of committment and hard work that is allegedly the goal.  Not to mention the respect it would engender for the concept of private property.  Seriously, imagine what a pisser it would be if my idea passed and you spent four or six months caring for your closetful of plants only to have all your primo bud ripped off by your no-good roommate.