To Renew America: on Drugs

No sympathy for addicts; no legalization

I take the opposite view. I do not believe that a drug addict passively waiting for the next fix is capable of being a free citizen. I do not believe an American that accepts widespread drug use is going to retain the spirit of optimistic individualism that has been our hallmark. Massive drug use may be acceptable in a more passive society, but it is antithetical to a free nation of self-reliant individuals.

The epidemic of poverty, dysfunction, and violence brought on by the drug trade is so much a threat to our children and our society that I believe we should design a thorough effort to destroy it.

We should have no sympathy for addicts and every sympathy for recovering addicts. We should work with every recovery program to develop low-cost detoxification programs.