The Great Invisible Fence

In an exercise of the practice of limited-government, I feel I should take some time to address and explore an absurd problem and an even more absurd solution. Drug trafficking has endangered the lives of countless Americans, not to mention millions of South Americans, and is seemingly unaffected by its title of illegality. Crime will always occur on Earth, there is no doubt. It seems, then, that the most effective way to lower crime rates is to reduce the list of actions we consider to be crimes! If everything were legal, there would be no crime! This sounds inane, yes, and would not work at such an extreme, but there is truth to be found in it. Laws are established to help guide, but can never fully enforce. For something as large as international drug trade, then, these "guidelines" are reduced to mere "suggestions."

The only solution, then, is to consider more drugs "legal" in America. Now, precautions

must be taken for this to work. To legalize drugs would mean to give people easier access to

drugs, and lower the skyrocketing demand that makes South American drug trade so profitable

and irresistible. In this way, we can lower the amount of smugglers entering the country. Still,

however, we'd have a whole basketful of druggies, which is an obvious health problem waiting

to happen. What to do? Sin tax. Allow people to apply for licenses to sell drugs under

government inspection, and charge a HUGE tax (but still low enough to keep people from

reverting to underground trade. Money will cause people to buy less, and what they do buy will

aid the government (and hopefully end income tax). Drug trade without a license will be illegal,

still, and the drug business will function much like the gun business now (with the bugs fixed?).

Since only drug TRAFFICKING will be illegal, then, it will be much easier for police forces to

hunt down suppliers, instead of every speck of cocaine in America. Finally, our government,

who seems to have the DESIRE to choke the economy in its grip, will have a business under

their control, more or less, and can keep an even tighter reign on it that with tobacco, making

these drugs even more harmless to society AS A WHOLE, in a sense.

And boom. Less smuggling from below the border, less crime in the States, more money

for our massively in-debt government. And a Great Invisible Fence shall protect our people.

You're welcome, world.