October 26, 2004
Incarcerating the People
Undeterred by the success of the war on drugs which led to the arrest of 951,027 people in 2003 with no apparent reduction in drug use or availibility congress and the executive branch stay the course:
President Bush signed a law on Friday banning certain steroid-like drugs, used by some athletes as performance enhancers.Ignoring reality senator biden exclaims:The new law adds 18 substances to the list of banned anabolic steroids,
"This new law sends a strong message about andro and other steroid precursors. We are calling them what they really are: drugs, performance enhancing drugs," the Democrat from Delaware said.I suspect folks who want to use this stuff will pay just about as much attention to these federal laws as any other drug user.
As Doctor Recommended notes:
It is one thing for a league, competition, team, venue, etc. to ban a set of drugs (such as the Olympics or MLB), as these are organizations that you voluntarily join and can leave if so desired, but the State is an entity which you are required to submit to (i.e., you are not given the opportunity to leave or say �no� � you must comply or else�).If you want people to respect the law then you must write into law only what is just, necessary, and proper. Posted by Steve on October 26, 2004
