Letter: Marijuana A Victimless Crime
Ralph Givens
March 4, 2009
The Mill Creek Enterprise (WA)
Drug warriors who punish victimless "crimes" like marijuana use owe the world an explanation because the very idea of punishing people when there is no injury to their fellow man is contrary to the Bible; Exodus 21:23: "life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise." (Also see Leviticus 24:20, Deuteronomy 19:21.)
With a "marijuana crime," no eyes have been gouged out, there are no broken teeth, no maiming and no victims at all. According to the Scriptures, using marijuana is not a sin nor a crime.
Marijuana smokers harm no one, while drug crusaders on the other hand have the blood of hundreds of thousands of victims of their drug prohibition policy to account for. |
