BGFalcons82;1309555 wrote:We're getting way too far into the weeds.
My original point is that Libertarians rigid stance on making hard narcotics legal is defeating their chances to becoming a national player in politics. We can go tit-for-tat on this message board about this story and that, but the truth is that dangerous hard narcotics are deleterious to a culture. Americans know this and will not support a political party that claims illegal drugs don't hurt anyone but the user. It is a falsehood. Do you think you can get hundreds of millions of Americans to agree with legalizing heroin, crack and meth? You can argue with me and win debate points, but the simple truth is that it's holding, if not defeating, Libertarians.
Compromise your stance or face eternal head banging and failure to be signficant. It's your choice, Libertarians.
Libertarians have it right....it's the Republicans that need to get it right. If you are for less government, as Reupublicans claim to be, they can hold no other position than being pro legalization. The cost to fight this....astounding. The measure of success in reaching even a modicum of success? Zero.
Just because you legalize hard drugs, it does not mean people have to take hard drugs. Here's a great article from Foxnews stating the facts and then up pops the obvious....
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/05/13/ap-impact-years-trillion-war-drugs-failed-meet-goals/