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The firs[ duty of government is [o protect its citizens. The Constitution of the United States - as interpreted over 208 years -articulates the obligation of the federal government to uphold the public good, providing a bulwazk against all threats, foreign and domestic. The War on Some People Who Use Certain Drugs constitutes one such threat. Tyrannical, abusive governmental policies present a hazard [o society as a whole. Like a corrosive, insidious cancer, The War on Some People Who Use Certain Drugs diminishes the potential of our citizens for full growth and development and has created the Drug War exemption to the Bill of Rights. Through trumped up fear of Drug abuse the 1st amendment rights to freedom of religion, speech an$ assembly ,the 4th amendment righu to be free of ureasonable searches the 5th amendment right not to testify against oneself and not have ones property taken without just compensatioq the 9th amendments rights retained by the people and the 10th amendment powers also retained by the people the 13th amendment protections against involuntary servitude and the 14th amendments guarantees of due process and the equal protection of the laws have all been significantly eroded due to the dmg war exemptions. Deceptive measures have been put in place to get people to give up there inalienable rights An inalienable right as defined by Black's Law Dictionary are rights which are not capable of being surrendered or transferred without the consent of the one possessing such rights e.g., freedom of speech or, religioq due process, and equal protection of the laws. [Morrison v. State, MoApp., 252 S.W2d 97, 101.] The traditions of American government and democracy affirm self-determination and freedom. Government must minimise interference in the private lives of citizens, it cannot deny liberty to individuals and uphold the collective culture the people. Drug prohibition and its consequences destroy personal liberty and the well-being of communities. Dramatic increases in crime, violence, anti-social behavior, accidents, unintended pregnancies, drug-exposed infants, and addiction are only part of the price that making drug use illegal imposes on society, sad to say as a result of prohibition efforts drug use is perpetuated and increased. Every citizen risks his ability to think rationally and his potential for a full, productive life when confronted by unreasonable fear created by the State and the glamoruatlon by fiat of prohibition of the forbidden fivit. The Waz on Some People Who Use Certain Drugs drains the physical and moral strength of America. It spawns global criminal syndicates and bankrolls [hose who sell drugs to children. The War on Some People Who Use Certain Drugs fosters crime and violence in our inner cities, suburbs, and rural areas. In spite of Billions spent on what Gen. McAfferity now acknowledges as a failed social policy, deaths from illicit drugs increased 47 percent between 1990 and 1994 and number approximately 14,000 a yeaz. thr the other hand, drugs such as alcohol and nicotine result in 500,000 deaths a year, yet this same government reaps enormous tax revenues from the sanctioned sale of these addictive and deadly legal drugs, which is why the term a War on Drugs is such a blatant lie, it is indeed The War on Some People Who Use Certain Drugs, a illegal civil waz Americas Civil Viet Nam. Additional liabilities of The War on Some People Who Use Certain Drugs is the burden to our society of approximately $67 billion in social, health, and criminal costs each year. If there were more effective prohibitioq the