Washington, DC’s law legalizing possession of marijuana went into effect at midnight last night, in what Russian authorities say is the first step towards toward complete societal collapse. The Moscow Times reports:
“When the authorities take their cue from the sinister interests of the population, what happens is everyone becomes a drug addict,” Yevgeny Bryun, the ministry’s chief drugs specialist, was cited as saying Thursday by Interfax news agency.
There is much that is emblematic of Russian attitudes toward the West packed into that one sentence. There is a thoroughgoing suspicion of democracy and a pervasive faith in the ultimate wisdom of …read more
Source: The American Interest
