Drug problem no sitcom fantasy

Be sure to check out the editorial in today's Herald-Leader:

In the world of 1950s sitcoms, Rand Paul's ideas on handling the drug issue at the local level would have made a great story line for Sheriff Andy Taylor and Deputy Barney Fife, who, by the end of the episode, would have foiled the evil drug gang and have its members locked up in a cell next to Otis — all without Barney having to take that bullet out of his shirt pocket.

..."I think issues like drug use and abuse are best dealt with at the local level," he told [a gathering of local officials from across the commonwealth], adding that the efforts should be paid for at the local level as well.

It was another instance where his narrowly focused vision of a miniaturized federal government failed the reality check.