War On Drugs is "War on Dangerous Classes"

The war on drugs is a "technique of social control" intended to frighten and remove dissatisfied and economically "useless" people, leading radical intellectual Noam Chomsky said this week, in a detailed analysis of the logic behind prohibition.

"They (US authorities) have good evidence from their own research studies showing that if you want to deal with substance abuse, criminalization is the worst method," he told DRc.net editor Philip Smith (Alternet)

"Drugs play a role similar to communism or terrorism, people huddle beneath the umbrella of authority for protection from the menace."

Professor Chomsky instead suggested education, prevention and rehabilitation policies should be adopted to reduce drug harm, pointing out, "We did not have to outlaw tobacco to see a reduction in use; that is the result of cultural and educational changes."

http://www.alternet.org/-IssueAreaID=17

http://www.drcnet.org

http://emperors-clothes.com/indict/indict-1.htm (really scary conspiracy theory stuff)
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