Our guardians in the District of Columbia criminalize the consumption of particular substances. Endorsement of this policy is commonplace among Democrats and Republicans alike. Why is this so? I'm convinced the sine qua non of supporting the War on Drugs is amnesia. To support the War on Drugs, a congressman has to forget Reverend Elisha Williams in 1744: u201CAs reason tells us, all are born thus naturally equal, i.e., with an equal right to their persons, so also with an equal right to their preservation…and every man having a property in his own person, the labour of his body and … Continue reading Amnesia and the War on Drugs