Utahns Bemoan Scarcity of Mind-Altering Drug

Nov 9, 2011   //   by Dallin CrumpcloseAuthor: Dallin Crump Name: Dallin Crump
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As I read this article about Utah families struggling to find an adequate supply of Adderall, a drug used to alleviate the symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, I couldn’t help but ponder the blaring irony.

In the article we are given an example of an entire family – 2 parents and 4 children – dependent on a mind-altering substance, frantically searching “every pharmacy in town” for any sign of the drug.

Here is the irony: all you have to do is remove the “Stamp of Legitimacy” given to Adderall by the State, and suddenly anyone who buys, sells, or manufactures this drug is a criminal. This family would be torn apart – parents hunted down and caged, children deemed “wards of the state”, separated, and given over to foster care. All because we’ve given the State the power to tell us what we can and cannot put into our own bodies along with a monopoly on violence to enforce it.

More irony: there are more people addicted to drugs with the State “Stamp of Legitimacy” (prescription drugs) than so-called “banned substances”.

There’s another mind-altering substance out there that has been proven to improve the quality of life for many people, but has not been granted the State “Stamp of Legitimacy” in most places.

It’s called Cannabis.

There are thousands of non-violent “criminals” in prison at this moment, thousands of broken families out there, because they dared to handle Cannabis, one of the mind-altering substances the state hasn’t approved (yet). But by all means, step right up and get your (FDA-approved) Adderall and complain about the drug companies and government when there’s a shortage.

And don’t get me started on the government “protecting” us from the pernicious evils of – *gasp* – raw milk.

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  Nicholas Hooton November 9, 2011 at 1:37 pm

  Yet more irony: the best cure for the Adderall supply problem would be prohibition. Make it illegal, and those kids would be able to get as much as they wanted from any of their friends.

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