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Originally Posted by PurpleCow

Glad to see the Coast Guard spending resources on stopping a commodity that so many people want to purchase. What would we ever do without the war on drugs and personal freedom other than save billions of dollars, cut bloated law enforcement agencies, eliminate civil asset confiscation and restore freedom.

We certainly wouldn't want the Coast Guard to focus on rescuing people in actual distress now would we.

I was a Coastie in Miami in the mid eighties and nineties. Not only were we the busiest SAR station in the world we also interdicted narcotics, conducted AMIO, boating safety, and participated in invasions of Grenada and Haiti too. We did so because were by law tasked to do them.

One only need look at U.S. in late the 1800's and early 1900's too see the reason why authorities intervened and began to govern drug use and its availability. There are somethings that need be governed because most people left to their own devices will abuse things like that and they will do so without concern for themselves or anyone else. Heck, look at the current opioid crisis and you will see what I mean. They too had a freedom to choose and that drug quickly took absolute control of their lives and it affected everyone else around them.