You assume I did not know them Rich....

Everyone is entitiled to there own opinion..But we all know how that goes..

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I agree. I am in recovery, and I do defend drug dealers, and drug addicts in court, so I have first hand expereince in the affects of addiction and the business end.; I see how drugs affect society. Many of my worst clients, meaning the crime(s) that he is accused of, are good guys, but they are not making the world a better place by wrecking lives when he deals drugs/distribution. I love hot-rod boats, but just because the drug money bought you a boat, and you had the requisite skill and free time to be good at throttling and driving is not impressive.

Rich, you aksed whose fault is it? Not sure we (society) will ever have a firm answer to that question other than "free will" (choice).

Yup...and cigarettes are cool too. Cracks me up, cigarettes are ok and have done more harm to the people of this planet than any other thing...except government and religion.

As though the people who take drugs are not willing participants.

What Sal, Willy and Gus did was wrong because it was against the law, but life when convicted child molesters get less than 5 years... or demoted from cardinal to bishop... please. I knew the above mentioned very well and those who want to cast stones on this site are in the wrong sport... Offshore Racing... The sport that drugs built... It is what it is... get over it.

Drugs did not build offshore racing, that is an insane comment. Dr. Bob Magoon, Bill Wisnick, Rockiy Aoki, Earl Lannier, Art Norris....that is to name a few, they were successful racers not due to drug money....Drug Money did not build the sport.

MidOcean, Those who take drugs when they are in active addiction typically cannot stop once they start, as far as a "willing participants", the choice is not as "free will" as you imply. Casual and recreational drug users, yes they are willing participants, not doubt there. Hard core drug addicts are participants, but the grip of addiction has them bottled up. Fact not fiction.

I read the casting of stones Biblical reference, and I certainly do not live in a glass house, but, what the hell, if you deal drugs, then you are wrecking lives...this is a not a complex concept to grasp.

If you have a 401k there is a good chance it has investments in pharmacutical companies prescriptions drugs kill people every day most times it is their prescrition just excessive quantities so are you drug dealers by investment.

If you fund drug dealers in my oopinion drug dealer.

Many moons ago we lived without a prescrption for restless leg syndrome but now the drug companies have us convinced we can't like the good dealers they are.

When was the last time a gram of cocaine held a gun to somebody's head and said "snort me or die mutherphucker" ?

If you had a teenager that was using drugs would you still think these guys are OK, misunderstood ?