The Last Tyranny Of Man

We all know that control of drugs is unnecessary. Drugs are inanimate. We are obviously attempting to control human behavior without the right to do so. We all know that drugs are harmless because they are inanimate. We call them dangerous because we have been ‘taught’ that drugs can control people. To prove this horrible ‘truth’, unacceptable behavior by users of illicit drugs is repeatedly reported with the heavy implication that the behavior is caused by the drugs. Uneventful and peaceful use of illicit drugs never occurs we must conclude, because the tell-tail objectionable behavior did not occur. It is an offense to the intellect to report only behavior that supports a policy and ignore the rest. The Truth is the only thing that is consistent with all fact. If most of the data does not support the premise the premise is flawed. This fact is undeniable.

Protecting people from themselves denies free will, self-control and unalienable rights. Argument to the contrary is thinly veiled sophistry. Drug prohibitions claim to regulate dangerous substances. Control of we the people is just an unfortunate by-product of this perfectly legitimate government function. This trivial justification is no more than an excuse for social engineering. It is based on bad science, lies and ignorance. The supporters of this policy disrespect themselves, others and the species.

Foisting personal values on others denies their rights and is therefore illegal in the United States. Public behavior can and should be restrained to protect the equal rights of others and the preferences of the majority. Private conduct that does not infringe on the equal rights of others is clearly beyond any reasoned concept of personal liberty. Prohibiting personal conduct by popular vote in order to “create” a popular society is tyranny, not liberty.

What gives anyone the evil right to practice prohibition in a country that was created with the unequivocal words?

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

These are the words for which American Revolutionary patriots fought and died. The Constitution did not exist as they bled. The “Blessings Of Liberty” in the Constitution refers to the same Liberty defined in The Declaration Of Independence.

(pull)Our Declaration Of Independence stands unchanged as the right and reason for this nations existence.(/pull) It defines the unalienable liberty of all men irrevocably and for as long as The United States of America exists. The Constitution simply defines the structure and operation of the government. The Bill of Rights is an afterthought needlessly limiting government power it did not possess. All personal choices, even just to pursue happiness, are beyond Constitutional and therefore government purview. Voting on personal behavior denies liberty to everyone, even the foolish and temporary majority.

The entire pursuit of the “Drug War” is a lawless assault on personal liberty. This violation of the fundamental values that define our nation must come to an end. Explanation of this “Truth” should not be necessary because it is “self-evident”. Popular opinion does not matter because our Liberty is “unalienable”. So says our Creator according to our Founding Fathers.

Rick Wolfe

* Personal means no other person’s rights are involved. Those who would control personal liberty always point to egregious violations of the liberty of others. Pretending not to see the distinction does not make it go away.

Why does crime prevention seem to equate to freedom prevention? Someone having taken drugs commits a heinous crime. The drugs are assumed to have caused the behavior. So the drugs become crimes in and of themselves. People get shot therefore we make guns illegal to stop the killing. That these crimes are already illegal is irrelevant because the existing law presumably does not address the so-called ‘cause’. Seeing what we think caused the crime, we now make the cause a crime also.

Two laws for the same behavior, one for the supposed cause and another for the crime, doubles everything, crime, criminals, cost and harm. But now, even without displaying the originally objectionable behavior, people go to jail for ‘causes’ that caused nothing. Making everyone a criminal who indulges in behavior believed to lead to crime makes crime and criminals and prevents nothing. It is a sick combination of bad science and tyranny. It presumes behavior, harm and guilt. Just how much of this crime prevention will Americans tolerate? How much presumption will we permit in our courts and in the streets?

Our Constitution gives us the right to vote for our leaders, not our neighbors or their personal behavior. Freedom and equal rights are the fundamental principles upon which this country was created. This so-called ‘crime prevention’ is a violation of both by those charged with their defense. Those that tell us that we do not have control of our personal behavior but prohibitions do, lie twice. Trust in them is foolish and it reduces us all. Democrats and Republicans both “teach” us that these lies are true because of the immense power it gives them and/or it is what they have been ‘taught’ by those they should not trust.

To justify this stupid and destructive policy our government turns to bad science, fear and a dim view of the species. Physiological studies point out things like endorphins and neurotransmitters associated with some human feelings. We observe the effect of drugs on this chemistry. So far so good, but now we leap to the totally absurd conclusion that drugs control human behavior. Drugs do have their affect but they cannot replace a lifetime of character and personality development. Argument to the contrary is fiction, “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” to be exact. It is not necessary that our justice system know the cause of harmful or dangerous behavior. It is only necessary that we deal with the behavior. Let us leave causality, bad science and ignorance out of crime and crime prevention.

Blaming harmful behavior on freedom of choice makes freedom the ‘cause’ leading to laws that foolishly attempt to prevent choice and freedom.

Rick Wolfe

If someone seems to be ‘under the influence’ while driving, then there is no need to ask or test. It does not matter. An inability to drive safely is unacceptable for any reason. It endangers others. If you drive dangerously or illegally then you should be removed from the road to protect others rights to safety. Not being ‘drunk’ does not matter either. Behavior trumps urine every time. Leave causality to the scientist. Conversely, while driving safely within the law, there is no need or right to detain.

Not wanting to quite doing something that you love is not a disease, it is a choice. Most of us know it is in the nature of all pleasure to be less with more. Conversely, less of a pleasure improves the enjoyment. This obvious fact leads most people to moderate things to produce the best results. It is natural to moderate if you are not driven to compulsive behavior with a ‘drug’ war or self loathing (a major drug war product).

Suggesting that anything we do is not a choice causes the so-called “disease” of addiction. This lie infests the mind with doubt of self. It creates that which it defines. For a person without a sense of personal control, this lie through the power of suggestion creates the acceptance of powerlessness that is addiction. Thus we create that which destroys us, fear of self.

Some tolerate prohibitions because they feel that they may not be able to control the criminalized substance or behavior if it were legal. They foolishly welcome the governments ‘help’ foolishly ignoring the harm. Some fear the ability of others to control their appetites. Most, I think, fear everyone’s behavior and see government as mother and father. They seem to believe that adults are children to be protected by those responsible for our behavior. These adults unfortunately would not be we the people.

This is fear of freedom, everybody’s. The choices we make define us as individuals. These choices drive the behavior that defines us as individuals. Judging people by anything but these choices is inhuman. It denies our individuality and, arguably, the meaning of life. Reducing human character and behavior to chemical analysis reduces us all to something unworthy of freedom.

Rick Wolfe
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