Dr. Babula for Congress 2008

For the 2008 election for Maryland’s Fourth District, only one of the three contenders seems to show a new and refreshing outlook on the economy of the United States. Dr. Michael Babula feels very strongly about his home, Maryland, and he is ready to become more active within the political community and more active for his fellow residents.
Prince George’s crime rate has been rising over the past few years. Murders occur everyday, drug wars are taking place, and the trafficking of illegal substances has been causing massive amounts of money to be circulating along with illegal activities. “Even with the massive war on drugs, more drugs than ever are available on the street.” Dr. Michael Babula’s stand on the drug issues of the US is to the end the prohibition on drugs. According to Dr. Babula, the prohibition on drugs is much like the prohibition on alcohol from the 1920s. After the Prohibition of the 1920s, organized crime began, and people found new and more dangerous ways of obtaining that substance that was banned. “The prohibition on drugs nowadays, like the prohibition on liquor in Al Capone's time, has given us a world black market that is a billion-dollar industry; an industry which is responsible for most crime, violence and gang warfare.” Since the passing of laws against the selling and possession of drugs, more gang violence has been erupting. Dr. Babula’s competition do not even address the extremely obvious issue of drugs. Albert Wynn, another congressman running for Maryland’s fourth district, talks about gang violence and Maryland’s need for programs to help gang members and people who are about to join a violent gang. These programs are temporary solutions for a very serious and ongoing problem. Donna Edwards, another hopeful in the running, does not even mention the obvious crime cycle that has been created because of the war on drugs. It is clear that Dr. Babula is looking to solve the drug problem instead of stretching out for years to come.
If we legalize drugs in the United States, the levels of crime would certainly decrease. Drugs will then be trafficked in through safer means, and be distributed by people who are not gang related and who will be getting a paying job out of it. The legalization of all drugs will positively affect our economy. Drugs will be taxed, and the states will save millions, and even billions, of money that went into the arrests of drug dealers/traffickers and drug users. There could then be more of a focus on treating drug abusers as sick humans who have to obtain help, including rehabilitation, instead of treating all of these people as criminals. “It is well beyond time that our governments recognized that drugs are a social and health problem and not a criminal one. Many of our legislators must be aware that prohibition is bound to fail sooner or later.”
Dr. Michael Babula is a new face of politics that is looking to create a safer and more economically friendly society. His issues are clear and state what must be done so that Maryland’s Fourth District becomes a less violent and safer place for people to live in. Vote Babula for 2008!

Cook, Jonathan, and Lynne Cook. "Legalize - and Minimize the Damage From Drugs;." Sydney Morning Herald 17 Mar. 2007, First Ed.
Leslie, Antonia. "The War Isn’t Working so is It Now Time To Consider the Unthinkable and Legalize All Drugs?" The Sunday Independent 3 Sept. 2006.