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I think you are blaming the wrong branch of government. The DEA and the policy of "War on Drugs" are both responsibilities of the executive.
by protonfish 13y ago
I think you are blaming the wrong branch of government. The DEA and the policy of "War on Drugs" are both responsibilities of the executive.
- revscat 13y agoAnd, in turn, the executive branch's job is to enforce the law. Could the current administration do more to scale back the War on Drugs? Possibly. Probably, even. But they are taking some measures, however small. E.g.: [1] [1] http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/24/5341284/obama-administration-to-set-rules-for-banks-to-handle-weed-money http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/24/5341284/obama-administrati...
- pessimizer 13y ago>the executive branch's job is to enforce the law. That's starting to become a very quaint idea.
- Crito 13y agoI don't think they are required by law to employ parallel construction, and whatever the hell this redacted technique is. At a certain point even people in the executive branch become responsible for their own actions and decisions.
- smsm42 13y agoExecutive branch is guilty of enforcing the evil laws, but these evil laws exist and are made more evil (e.g. mandatory sentences, theory of "precursors", etc.) by the legislative branch. So everybody is guilty here.