Nullify the Drug War! by Sheldon Richman Thomas Jefferson said a revolution every 20 years would be a good thing. Regardless of what one thinks of that, perhaps a […]
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Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging than the drug itself. – Jimmy Carter
The Drug War in Mexico: Corruption Is Better Than Slaughter
The Drug War in Mexico: Corruption Is Better Than Slaughter July 9, 2012Ivan Eland Will Enrique Peña Nieto, the new president of Mexico from the corrupt and authoritarian Institutional Revolutionary Party […]
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Paternalism and the Drug War
Paternalism and the Drug Warby Jacob G. Hornberger The U.S. Supreme Court has declared a California law banning the sale of violent videos unconstitutional. That’s fine, but how about […]
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Drug-Warrior Hypocrisy
Drug-Warrior Hypocrisyby Laurence M. Vance, December 3, 2010 Originally published by the Future of Freedom Foundation Statists of every variety — left/right, liberal/conservative, Democrat/Republican, progressive/moderate — disagree vocally and often. Although […]
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Why Don’t Conservatives Oppose the War on Drugs?
Why Don’t Conservatives Oppose the War on Drugs?by Laurence M. Vance, November 24, 2010 Originally published online by the Future of Freedom Foundation. The war on drugs is a failure. According […]
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The Case against Medical Marijuana
The Case against Medical Marijuanaby Laurence M. Vance, November 11, 2010 Originally published by the Future of Freedom Foundation. Pot smokers aren’t the only ones disappointed by the rejection of Proposition […]
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Immigration, Civil Liberties, and the Drug War
Immigration, Civil Liberties, and the Drug Warby Sheldon Richman, May 4, 2010 Originally published by the Future of Freedom Foundation here . Arizona’s horrid law empowering cops to demand that people show […]
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The City that Went to Hell
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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Enduring Legacy of Prohibition
Enduring Legacy of Prohibition December 3, 2009Anthony GregoryHerald News, Summit Daily News Rarely in modern times does Washington withdraw from an area of domestic affairs. December 5 marks the seventy-sixth anniversary […]
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Time to End the War on Drugs
Time to End the War on Drugs April 7, 2009Art Carden In a recent speech, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton cited high demand for drugs in the United States as a […]
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