Por qué tarda tanto la sociedad en hacerle caso a la gente inteligente?

Tal vez porque padecemos un grave complejo de idiotas, o por envida, o porque la idiotez verdaderamente nos vuelve ciegos.
Lo peor del caso es que la mayoría de los idiotas se regodean en su imbecilidad ya sea por hueva (les da flojera pensar), fanatismo (prefieren que sus líderes religiosos piensen por ellos), o simplemente un cinismo descarado....

Legalize Which Drugs?
by Norm Stamper

Who do you want "regulating" the drug market? The druglords of Afghanistan? The Taliban and Al Qaeda who reap and turn opium profits into weapons of terror?
The cartels of Latin America who've rendered Mexico a violent and failing state, and whose drug gangs have made deep incursions into U.S. cities?
The traffickers who ply their trade on street corners across the U.S., including for years our beloved Pike Place Market?
You see, there's only one choice. We either allow the $500 billion illicit global drug industry to monopolize the commerce--and to decide who gets what drugs at what levels of potency and purity and at what price--or we end prohibition. And turn the regulation of currently illegal drugs over to an admittedly imperfect government.
So, in answer to the question, Legalize which drugs? All of them, every last one. In fact, the more dangerous, the more sinister and frightening the drug (and sensational its media coverage), the greater the justification for our government to step in and regulate the entire enterprise. It's a far from perfect solution but an infinitely better approach than the current "War on Drugs."
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I say all this not to pat myself on the back but in recognition of the value of police and other leaders speaking out on the issue. When one does so, it grants permission for others to speak what they know to be the truth, namely that prohibition is an unmitigated failure. And that there are sensible alternatives.