The War on Drugs

Richard Nixon declared a war on drugs in 1971. It was an interesting premise: secretly, the US government had distributed drugs to the Boomer Generation in order to keep the youngsters under control. (That may be a conspiracy theory, but it does explain why such a thing might have been true.)

Then, to justify locking these same revolutionaries up, that war on drugs was declared. The fact that non whites were the targeted individuals didn’t bother the general population much. That’s why prison populations are mostly made up of blacks and Hispanics. But Trump has ‘trumped’ the rest by deciding to use the war on ‘imported’ opioids as a reason to tariff ALL imports. Ooh.

When the ‘legitimate’ drug companies manufacture ‘opiates for the people’, they are given carte blanche to set whatever price they decide. Somethings not quite right here.

Now, on top of that, Venezuela has become a target of the Trump Administration. The war has taken a dangerous turn since boats in the Caribbean Sea are being blown to smithereens. The rules of war apply, since they’re calling these actions lawful under their administration, even though Congress has not approved them. But the President does not have jurisdiction, so, in truth, these are not acts of war. I’ll bet the twist in the end will be that they cannot be considered war crimes for killing the survivors, because they really wasn’t a war on drug importers. That’s their ‘get out of jail free’ card. Any takers?