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Hoover Institution: Uncommon Knowledge- The High and The Mighty: The War on Drugs

Source: Hoover Institution: Uncommon Knowledge- The High and The Mighty: The War On Drugs I’ve made this point more times than I can count now and generally I’m pretty good with numbers, but when you try to prevent someone from doing … Continue reading

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The Economist: The Real Cost of The War on Drugs

America, at least at one point and perhaps they still are, was the biggest consumer of narcotics, legal and otherwise, in the world. One reason why you see so many drug dealers, drug lords, drug terrorists in Central America, the … Continue reading

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Pot-TV: Andrew Bernstein- The Case For Ending Drug Prohibition

Pot-TV: Andrew Bernstein- The Case For Ending Drug Prohibition I mostly agree with Andrew Bernstein here and I disagree with him when it comes to full legalization. I’m not a Libertarian and that is just one example of why I … Continue reading

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The Weed Blog: Johnny Green- Why Now’s The Time To Step Up and Fight Against The Drug War

The Weed Blog: Johnny Green- Two Reasons Why Now’s The Time To Step Up And Fight Against The Drug War Congress, the last two weeks has debated the defense authorization bill. The House, is close to passing their bill and … Continue reading

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Learn Liberty: Video: Alex Kreit: Don’t be a Victim: The Drug War and You

I guess Alex Kreit is saying that “we shouldn’t be a drug war victim unlike the millions of Americans who are already drug victims”. Since this wasteful authoritarian paternalistic bogus War on Drugs was created by the Nixon Administration in … Continue reading

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The Bully Pulpit: JR Benjamin- William F. Buckley on Drug Legalization: The Failure of the War on Drugs

William F. Buckley The Bully Pulpit: JR Benjamin- William F. Buckley on Legalizing Drugs William F. Buckley’s basic position on the War on Drugs was that it was a failure. That he wasn’t in favor of legalizing illegal narcotics which … Continue reading

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Reason: Hit & Run: Jacob Sullum: New Clemency Policy Could Free Hundreds or Thousands of Drug War Prisoners: A Better Approach in Dealing With Narcotics

Attorney General Eric Holder Speech on Criminal Justice Reform Reason: Hit & Run: Jacob Sullum: New Clemency Policy Could Free Hundreds or Thousands of Drug War Prisoners Ederik Schneider on Google+ The New Democrat on Facebook The New Democrat on … Continue reading

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The Real News: Jessica Desvarieux: Decriminalization vs Legalization of Marijuana

The New Democrat As a Marylander, if I was a member of the State Assembly, House or Senate, I would’ve voted for the marijuana decriminalization bill  because that was the only good option.  We could either continue the prohibition of … Continue reading

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Thom Hartmann: Time to Fire DEA Director Michelle Leonhart!

The New Democrat I have a better idea than Thom Hartmann’s. How about firing the whole damn Drug Enforcement Agency and replacing them with something more intelligent, and easier to understand and explain like the U.S. tax code.  Damn straight, … Continue reading

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Liberty Pen: Video: The John Stossel Show: Ann Coulter- The Neoconservative Case Against Liberty

Liberty Pen: Video: The John Stossel Show: Ann Coulter- The Neoconservative Case Against Liberty I’ll give Ann Coulter credit for something. For perhaps the first and last time. Perhaps the first time I heard her make a good point about … Continue reading

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