Invoking my right to free speech.

I may be wrong, but I am fairly certain that our constitution guarantees our right to free speech to voice our beliefs and opinions, it protects us from being persecuted for those beliefs and opinions.

AND I believe that since my tax dollars help pay the salaries of elected officials who seem to be so adamantly sure they are right in their opinion as to what we the citizens can possess to consume, or will accept, tolerate and trust in order to be considered as respectable and responsible citizens in the U.S.A. then the least they can do is be courteous enough to accept responsibility for the damages and deaths associated with the products they claim to be our only options.

BUT history being the great educational tool that it is can prove our elected officials lack the morals to accept that responsibility.They have over the period of 40 years wasted billions of dollars on a various committees and hearings proving they don't have morals to accept responsibility for their actions and decisions in their personal life. There have been instances where our government has received information and reports only to discard or ignore them. I don't know whether it was because they didn't want to believe the information or reports, or if it was not what they wanted to hear. In my opinion either way it proves to me our elected officials have no intention of treating the citizens with the dignity and respect they deserve.

We are a nation full of bean counters who use statistics to make decisions. Yet the statistics can prove the products we are being imposed upon and intimidated to accept as our only choice is not the right choice for everyone. Those statistics are being completely and totally ignored.

Since alcohol is the # 2 cause of preventable deaths in the U.S. and the # 1 and only legal mind altering product in this country, I am questioning why the government has not stepped up and accepted responsiblity for the estimated 50,000+ alcohol related deaths, the 10's of 1,000's of proven alcohol related domestic violence cases, or millions of dollars of alcohol related vehicular property damages and the related drunk driving deaths.