The War On Drugs Provides For The Common Defense On The Cocaine Front

According to this report from Reuters the drug wars that have brought so much grief to the United States has now hit Europe. Britain and Spain are now beginning to match the U.S for cocaine use among 15 to 34 year olds while France and other European Union members show signs of catching up. This is an epidemic since there with nine million individuals being exposed and possibly seven hundred European deaths a year linked to cocaine. Any country shipping cocaine to Europe would thus be engaging in an act of war.

According to a pro-drug cite by Brian C. Bennett whom claims to be a former intelligence analyst and expert researcher 18126 people died of cocaine related deaths in the United States between 1979 and 1998 inclusive. He also ventured the hypothesis that this number would decline if the cocaine was legal but controlled. He then went on to say 378,960 died from legal but regulated alcohol use during the same time. So lets use his assumption that human beings seek out pleasure and novelty by nature. The conclusion would be that if that self destructive pleasure were more available and permissible then it would be easier to find and engage in and thus more deaths would happen even if the death rate were reduced by regulating it. The number of deaths due to alcohol and tobacco bears this conclusion out.

So a thousand or more deaths happen a year from cocaine compared with the official toll of 2752 from the world trade center bombing. There were also 231 other deaths associate with terrorist attacks on that tragic day for a total close to 3000. The vast majority were civilians who did not volunteer for war and were not near a military target . There have been few if any deaths associated with terrorism in the United States since then. Because of those attacks we launched wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq where 2000 plus volunteer soldiers have died. But the military actions our brave soldiers are engaged in has weakened terrorist organizations which has made it more difficult for the later to attack the United States. Our courageous soldiers have also aided in freeing Afghans and Iraqis from despotic governments. Our soldiers deaths and injuries thus bear more honor than those whom died because of self indulgence in drugs.

So in conclusion if Columbia a democratic government was willing to ally with us to subdue the rebellious areas of their country that produce and ship cocaine to us, then would it not make sense to do so. Unlike Iraq or Afghanistan Columbia already has a stable democratic form of government and a standing army so American troops would not have to stay there to see that either were established. This would limit danger to our troops. If we could get a coalition of South American countries to do so it would be better.