Ron Paul contends that prohibition of drugs is ineffective and advocates ending the War on Drugs.
“Prohibition doesn’t work. Prohibition causes crime.” He believes that drug abuse should be treated as a medical problem, “We treat alcoholism now as a medical problem and I, as a physician, think we should treat drug addiction as a medical problem and not as a crime.” The Constitution does not enumerate or delegate to Congress the authority to ban or regulate drugs in general. He believes the war on drugs is a racist policy against African Americans, who are affected disproportionally.
Paul believes in personal responsibility, but also sees inequity in the current application of drug enforcement laws, noting in 2000, “Many prisoners are non-violent and should be treated as patients with addictions, not as criminals. Irrational mandatory minimal sentences have caused a great deal of harm. We have non-violent drug offenders doing life sentences, and there is no room to incarcerate the rapists and murderers.”
When asked about his position on implementing the tenth amendment, Paul explained, “Certain medical procedures and medical choices, I would allow the states to determine that. The state law should prevail not the Federal Government.” Speaking specifically about Drug Enforcement Administration raids on medical marijuana clinics Paul said, “They’re unconstitutional,” and went on to advocate states’ rights and personal choice: “You’re not being compassionate by taking medical marijuana from someone who’s suffering from cancer or AIDS …. People should have freedom of choice. We certainly should respect the law and the law says that states should be able to determine this.”
[..YouTube..] ole ron has his moments, that’s for sure.
[..YouTube..] It’s the only idea. I don’t do drugs but I could get anything right now today much more quickly than i could if they were legalized. Illegal drugs fuels the prison industrial complex, and the CIA runs $500 BILLION in drug funds through Wall Street every year. If you need more evidence we’re paying $1 MILLION PER SOLDIER AND THEY’RE guarding poppy plants for the production of heroin in Afghanistan..Case Closed WAKE UP AND FIND SOME BALLS PEOPLE…
[..YouTube..] Legalizing would give the ability to transparently control:
therefore it will never happen!
[..YouTube..] Ron Pail is an IDIOT!
[..YouTube..] ron paul is awesome
[..YouTube..] @jenn1ifer You’re the “IDIOT” and you can’t even spell right.
[..YouTube..] ron paul is an IDIOT, drugs do not need to be legal
[..YouTube..] @jenn1ifer It’s not about drugs, its about personal freedom. It’s not the Federal governments job to tell me what i can or can’t do in my own house. If there were no drug laws the Drug dealers and cartels would go out of business.
[..YouTube..] Ahead of his time….when will the USA catch up ?
[..YouTube..] Average annual deaths of tobacco: 435,000
Average annual deaths of prescription drugs: 32,000
Average annual deaths of illicit drugs: 17,000
Average annual deaths of marijuana: 0
[..YouTube..] NOTHING HE SAID WAS WRONG.