Just say if i were in charge of drug policy

I get a lot of crazy ideas, which is why I will never run for politics: too much fringe stuff to defend. I look at the situations and issues around me and wonder why we aren't outraged.

There are reports coming out of Mexico that the bodies are continuing to pile up in the national crisis they call "the drug trade." These are events that are straight out of the movies: bodies with tongues cut out; decapitated bodies; cardboard signs with crazy writings: "these are the bricklayer's people."

It echoes the explosive-action movies of Hollywood.

The report says Execution-style killings, beheadings and shootouts have increased across the country over the past two years since the army and federal police cranked up their efforts against the drug trade. (CBC)

Is this not a leading indicator that we should legalize a small portion of currently-illegal substances? We need to bring this criminal element into the corporate age. While I am not advocating this in the near term, think about this: drug-companies that are required by law to detox their clients. (At the very least, this murderous increase is a leading indicator to say the current drug-enforcement policies are beginning to fail due to economic pressure.)

A sister amendment to this drug policy would likely be the right to die. If someone signed an agreement stating they were ready to end their existence (and had funeral expenses taken care of, to be nice to society), I don't see why the state should be able to force medical attention onto a chronic and palliative drug user.

The balance to this is education of the issue, in the rawest of terms, from the earliest of ages, and lots of it.