The City that Went to Hell December 16, 2009Alvaro Vargas Llosa CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico—This is known as the most dangerous city in the world and it feels like it. Half of […]
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Tag: Drug War
Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging than the drug itself. – Jimmy Carter
How to Combat Mexican Drug Cartels
How to Combat Mexican Drug Cartels Legalize Their Activities April 6, 2009Ivan Eland While the U.S. superpower has meddled in many far-flung nations around the globe in the name of enhancing its […]
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Time to Decriminalize It?
Time to Decriminalize It? March 11, 2009Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—A decade ago, the U.N. General Assembly set an objective of “eliminating or significantly reducing” narcotics cultivation and trafficking “by the […]
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The “Respectable” People Continue to Make War on the Rest of Us
The “Respectable” People Continue to Make War on the Rest of Us July 11, 2008Robert Higgs Scarcely any critical commentator on the “war on drugs” has failed to remark on […]
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Letter to Representative Moran re: Hinchey-Rohrabacher Medical Marijuana Amendment
June 14, 2005 Representative Moran June 14, 2005 The Honorable James P. Moran U.S House of Representatives 2239 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-4608 Dear Representative Moran: Subject: Vote […]
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Jackson Utopia
David Borden on Mass Cocaine Arrests in Jackson, Mississippi: Today's issue of The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Mississippi, reported on mass arrests of accused participants in a cocaine ring. Get this […]
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David Borden is Getting His Blog On
David Borden, Executive Director of Drug Reform Coordination Network (DRCNet), is now blogging at DRCNet's new blog: Prohibition and the Media
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To Hell With Your Pain…We’re In Charge Now
Doug Newman, writing for The Price of Liberty, on Christian Compassion That Kills: Many Christians view Bill Clinton as the president from the bowels of hell. While they talk endlessly […]
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Snorting Columbia
Alvaro Vargas Llosa of The Independent Institute on Colombia — From Invincibility To Panic: The United States would do well to take heed of recent developments in Colombia that call […]
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Government Thievery
Radley Balko writing for Tech Central Station on We're From the Government and We're Here to Help: Dan Peruchi, father of four, enjoyed fixing up old cars and reselling them. […]
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