Presidential candidates mum on Drug War
How will the next President of the United States handle the Drug War? According to publicly stated positions from presidential front-runners, the response to this question appears to be "What drug war?"
On every major presidential candidate’s campaign Web site, you’ll find their policy positions on diverse issues ranging from the war in Iraq to mortgage fraud. You will not find, however, a single reference to the Drug War by front-runners, including U.S. Senators Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani or former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney.
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While their continued silence doesn’t hurt their electoral chances, voters deserve a candidate who can acknowledge our failed drug war for what it is—a multi-decade failure that costs us billions of dollars each year.
In political terms, commenting on the Drug War could be considered opening-up a can of worms: A can of fluorescent, wiggling, brain-eating worms (God I love those worms). And how is a candidate supposed to take an enlightened view on drug policy when most of the country is still mired in the anti-drug propaganda from the hot-n-heavy Drug War heyday of the '80s. That said, demonizing recreational drug users seems as old-school as frosted perms and leather suits with zippers up the legs and sleeves. But I digress. Will someone please get a modern drug platform before the 2008 election? The smart candidates will try to deflect Drug War queries by moving it into the category of a public health issue (maybe even roll it into a larger discussion on health care); the sad ones will stay tough on crime while pretending they never inhaled.
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