RE: Consistency Above Ethics. Ethics Above Law.
I understand completely. I think that our drug laws especially those on the Federal level illustrate your point nicely. Consistency is lacking because the main argument against marijuana is that it is bad for your health. Cigarettes are bad for your health, so is alcohol, and probably 95% of the crap that you buy in the grocery store with their preservatives, high fructose corn syrup, etc, etc, so on and so forth. The loyalty to big pharma is blatantly obvious. And as far as ethics, how ethical is it to deprive someone of liberty because of a victimless crime. Yes I'm still talking drugs, possession of a drug does not victimize anyone, and even a drug dealer selling drugs to an addict, is a transaction between two consenting adults, no one is being deceived or misled. Prostitution is the same thing, two consenting adults engaging in sexual activity after money changes hands. The sex is not illegal, the transaction is, because if two adults meet at a bar married or single, and decide to have sex, no law is broken as long as it is consensual on both ends. These inconsistencies are disturbing and they expose our criminal justice system for the circus it is. Great question and great topic for discussion!
Thank you, @libertyordeath19, for your comment.
From what you've said I think you might find a couple of my earlier posts to make for a good quick look through - one concerning the nature of the war on drugs - and another concerning a real solution to such.
And yes, you do understand that my message is that the law is (designed to be) flawed.
It is one's view that the law is to be held accountable to its superiors - ethics and consistency respectively.