Don't Use Hoffman To Justify the Drug War

Since the sad death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman is still prominent in the news, bringing with it the predictable wave of hysteria over heroin use and clamors for more restrictions on pain pills, I will use the opportunity to point out the futility of using our criminal laws as a response to heroin addiction, and the origins of heroin. [More..]

Agreed in general. Scope of wrong, not the same as marijuana prohibition but the "drug war" isn't correct simply because hard drugs are involved. RIP.