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Submitted February 10, 2005 - 10:05 am by Don Henry Ford Jr.
I would make marijuana available with similar contraints now in place for alcoholic beverages.

I would place additional taxes on alcohol and tobacco to cover the costs these drugs have on our society.

I would make cocaine available in solution only--drinks like sodas or teas or the raw leaf, but having cocaine hcl would remain a crime unless administered from a physician.

I'd make opiates availabe in non-injectable forms as well--cough syrups and the like. But no concentrated heroin in injectable form unless administered by a doctor.

But I would also give employers the right to fire people that use these substances if they wish and would set up laws regarding the use of these substances while in operation of a vehicle or while doing a job where the safey of others must be considered.

I would heavily tax all of these substances and encourage sobriety.

I would give an income tax rebate for those that enter voluntary testing programs to prove sobriety and perhaps even go so far as to encourage insurance companies to give rebates to those that do so.

I would eliminate jail time for simple possession of the distillates but impose fines. For those caught selling them I would impose heavy fines and in severe or repeat offenses, prison.

But prison would mean solitary confinement in the hole--brief and intense punishment. No play day bs like we now have. No rec. No tv. Just a 5X9 in total isolation.

And let me tell you from experience. That is no fun.

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