Connecting the Dots

It is necessary to “connect the dots” to fight terrorism, regardless of whether the world is “pre” or “post” 9/11. In politics it is always necessary to defend against internal and external enemies. This (security) is the end of every government, good or bad. But what of threats from the government itself? Connecting the dots in the case of George W. Bush regarding drug policy leads to one inescapable conclusion.

From behind his pulpit, George W. Bush warns about the dangers of drug use, which he says, “threatens everything—everything—that is best about our country…It transforms schools into places of violence and chaos. It makes playgrounds into crime scenes. It supports gangs here at home.”

But in a more private setting, Bush says that “you know, the truth of the matter is, a few consume most of the drugs, relatively few. The addicts are really the big drug users. I don’t know the statistics off the top of my head. I’m going to guess, maybe 15 percent of the drug users consume by far the vast majority of the drugs. They’re hooked. They can’t get off.”

Connect the dots. George W. Bush does not believe what he says about drug policy in public, so why should you?


Kenneth Michael White is an attorney and the author of “The Beginning of Today: The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937” and “Buck” (both by PublishAmerica 2004).