War on Drugs

           

In the blog “The Wars on Drugs and Terror: mirror images” by Glenn Greenwald he writes on November 2, Californians will vote on Proposition 19 which would legalize marijuana. He talks about how he has an Op-Ed in Politico today on the success of drug decriminalization in Portugal based on his research in Portugal in 2008. He says that Portugal has reduced the problems with drug usage and manage and control the problems related to drugs unlike other nations the criminalize drugs such as the U.S. The author believes the “War on Drugs” is irrational and empirically false are the justifications for drug prohibition. He also believes this war is too costly and believes the War on Drugs is a mere image of the War on Terror. He believes the both of these use deceitful propaganda and driven by the same motives and both destructive to the American people. Mr. Greenwald brings up how both use scary villains like Mexican cartels and the Terrorist mastermind to “keep the population in a state of heightened fear and thus blind them to rational discourse.” The author is basing his claims on his research in Portugal and claims if drugs are legalized America might be able to reduce the problem with drugs. The author believes that these wars are in an endless loop and he believes the industries that fight them become richer and richer. While the political officials that own them get more and more powerful. I can’t totally agree with the author with having drugs legal because I still believe that there would be crime and drug problems in America. I can agree that I believe that people are using deceitful propaganda and trying to scare the American public. They even try to get the American public to think the only way they will be safe is if they give more power to the state. The author of this is targeting an older audience probably older men and women.