H. L. Mencken identified in Americans “the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” A better, more succinct description of the American attitude t

H. L. Mencken identified in Americans “the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” A better, more succinct description of the American attitude that created and still fuels the drug war (amongst other disgusting things) simply does not exist. You can write a million pages and not get as much clarity as Mencken does in this one phrase.