PROHIBITION MEANS NO CONTROL

The ecstasy overdose at WEM is another argument for the legalization
and regulation of all drugs. MDMA/ecstasy is relatively safe as a
party drug, if compared to alcohol. The problem, as the author
mentioned, is that it is cut with various chemicals. Prohibited means
all the quality control, production, ingredients and potency is left
to the criminal underworld. Prohibition means no control. Imagine if
you could go to the local government-licensed alcohol shop, pick up a
limited amount of clean ecstasy along with a brochure on what to
expect and how to prepare for a safe adventure, showing your cards
proving you're an adult, possibly with a sticker or note that you've
followed a seminar on how to use said drug. It's way more than we do
for alcohol, via our "all abstinence, no education" classes taught to
children in schools. Under such a model: the drug would be clean,
controlled, safe, limited to adults, sold only in regulated areas,
with education being a prominent control mechanism. People interested
in altering their consciences will do so, and have done so, for many
millennia. It's a bit hypocritical for the substance of some to be
regulated and controlled, while others get jail time and massive
profits for criminals willing to supply the demand.

Mike Foster

(Common sense.)