Consumers and abusers in the war on some drugs

This interesting list of famous opiate addicts arrived this morning via Preston Peet of DrugWar.Com. No great revelations on the artists and musicians but I was a little surprised to see Harry Anslinger, Ben Franklin and Joseph McCarthy on the politicians list.

Preston also posts a link to a DRC Net piece I somehow missed about a new site purportedly put up for ex-DEA agents, although with anonymous posting the only certified ex-agent is the site owner. Nonetheless it provides an enlightening look at the mindset behind our prohibition pushers.

It's like we always said, they don't really want to win the war on drugs because it would put them out of a job.