I am sorry to hear that Hunter Biden failed a drug test and was discharged from the Navy. I hope this doesn’t indicate that Hunter has a substance abuse problem.
However, I just want to make one point about Hunter’s father. Joe Biden has a horrible record on drugs, as Radley Balko pointed out way back in 2008 when Biden was tapped as Obama’s running mate:
Biden has sponsored more damaging drug war legislation than any Democrat in Congress. Hate the way federal prosecutors use RICO laws to take aim at drug offenders? Thank Biden. How about the abomination that is federal asset forfeiture laws? Thank Biden. Think federal prosecutors have too much power in drug cases? Thank Biden. Think the title of a “Drug Czar” is sanctimonious and silly? Thank Biden, who helped create the position (and still considers it an accomplishment worth boasting about). Tired of the ridiculous steroids hearings in Congress? Thank Biden, who led the effort to make steroids a Schedule 3 drug, and has been among the blowhardiest of the blowhards when it comes to sports and performance enhancing drugs. Biden voted in favor of using international development aid for drug control (think plan Columbia, plan Afghanistan, and other meddling anti-drug efforts that have only fostered loathing of America, backlash, and unintended consequences). Oh, and he was also the chief sponsor of 2004’s horrendous RAVE Act.
I like Joe Biden, but this is despite his record on drugs. Perhaps it is easier to see the errors of his ways when misfortune is visited on his own family.
Regardless, I hope that Hunter can move forward and that the Biden family doesn’t have to suffer unduly from the consequences of policies that Joe proudly put in place.
