Social Justice Collaborative

Tonight I am using this blog to demonstrate the use of the internet for distributing information quickly and efficiently.

I will also demonstrate links to websites I maintain:

www.stlawrencepediatrics.com

www.stlawrencevineyardministries.org

www.dobetools.org

and also my parish website:

www.stlawrencebuffalo.org

Drug policy

For a long time, I have been troubled by the war on drugs. It seems to me that treating currently illegal drugs like tobacco and alcohol would be much better social policy. Legalization, regulation and taxation of currently prohibited drugs would take the smuggling profit out of the equation and reduce the violence and crime now associated with drugs. We then treat the issue as a health issue, like alcoholism and tobacco addiction. Probably revenue neutral, but it gets the money away from crime and reduces the incentive for violence. Your thoughts?

Opening day

Today I did some work for the Social Justice Collaborative and needed to learn how to use a blog, so I set this up. We will see how much I use it and if anyone reads it.