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New item:U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday pledged to stand "shoulder to shoulder" with Mexico in its violent struggle against drug cartels, and acknowledged the U.S. shares blame because of its demand for drugs....
What does this have to do with the often quoted Bible verse, Exodus 22:18?
In the time of Exodus, there were no "witches" as we think of them today. There were no old hags with warted noses and pointed black hats riding broomsticks. What the word "witch" refers to is the ancient Hebrew word casaph which literally translates "poisoner." A poisoner was someone who used naturally found substances or concoctions to secretly kill, injure, or control other people. This is the origin of the mythology behind witches brewing a potion in a cauldron, and what led to the translation of this word to "witch" in the 17th century. (An excellent description of this kind or witchcraft is found in the book The Serpent and the Rainbow by Wade Davis.)
Illegal drugs are poisons. They are also big business for the poisoners who create and sell them. Opiates, cocaine, methamphetamine, and other drugs create their own demand by creating addiction, which is a physical and psychological dependence brought about by the drug itself. Also, many narcotics produce tolerance in the addict, requiring more and more as time goes by.
Blaming the addict for drug use is bad science and leads to bad policies. Addicts are not evil people: they are normal people whose lives have been taken over by a poison.
Mrs. Clinton: the U.S. is not to be blamed for our people being poisoned, but the poisoners--the drug dealers--are. Do your job and keep them from crossing our borders!
Our responsibility as Americans is to see that our government does everything it can to stop the dealers from bringing their poisons into the U.S., using lethal force if necessary, and to rehabilitate the victims of the foreign and domestic poisoners.
