Reason First: Old Virginny, meet sticky icky

Why is the federal government dragging its feet on the issue of decriminalizing, legalizing and making the drug market tax-free? With Virginia being the latest state to decriminalize marijuana, why is this looking like the gay and lesbian marriage case? Over the years, state by state, the country saw the unions of gay and lesbian individuals. Then, in 2015, the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional for states to deny people the right to marry a consenting adult of the same sex. Shouldn’t this be the case for marijuana and all drugs, as well?

Instead of just going one by one, why hasn’t the Supreme Court just said that you can manufacture, distribute, and consume every single drug known to man and beyond if you happen to be an adult at or above the age of 18. Now, the practice of spoiling one’s mind is like taking the brain and inserting it in a microwave field, but it shouldn’t be illegal. The moral consequences should be mulled over by the individuals themselves.

It is not the government’s role to say that someone should produce or dish out or take in a substance. That is up to the individual. They also should play no role in taxing such substances. Everything from crack to crystal meth should be covered by the letter of the law without Uncle Sam reaching his hand into the mix.

To continue this piecemeal approach to drugs shows an inept government on the state and federal levels. If people want to see a decrease in drug cartels and pushers on the avenue and drug use itself, the complete, full, and absolute legalization of drugs across the nation and in the corresponding American territories, then this change must happen.

Neighborhoods and boardrooms would be able to police themselves and reject dealers and users, respectively. These places of residence and business would be full of individuals who would seek to get people off of drugs while still respecting their right to hustle and intake drugs.

But it's not just narcotics. The DEA and FDA ought to be abolished. The former is just an emotional response to “The War on Drugs” which is a disaster. And the FDA is an organization that specializes in denying drugs to people who need them. No matter how revolutionary and life-enhancing the drug might be, the FDA insists that companies spend millions of dollars on research and development. Then, they have to file mountains of paperwork just to submit their drug which has to be processed by the FDA in their infinite wisdom.

Marijuana still seems to be the only drug that is like a lightning rod. It garners the most attention and drives people to say that other drugs are too dangerous. “People will eat other people’s faces off” on meth; “people will choke on their own vomit and die” on heroin; “Powder cocaine will lead to more domestic violence cases.” All of this might happen. In a free market, though, people will be more rational and abstain from such substances so these occurrences should be extremely rare. Just as long as they’re legal, peddlers will be able to bankroll their money into businesses and users will be able to seek out help from private clinics.

All over the land, doctors, nurses and other specialists will be able to provide care for the people who desperately need it. If people don’t have enough sense to not take PCP, then it is up to these professionals to provide beneficial services to these individuals for a fee, of course.

So, Virginia is the latest state to decriminalize marijuana. Great. Now, it needs to legalize it as should the rest of the fifty nifty. The best thing to do is to declare that each and all substances should be made available to industrious and paying individuals.