Tag Archives: Drug War

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 Economist: ‘What Happened When Portugal Decriminalized Drugs?’

“For 20 years The Economist has led calls for a rethink on drug prohibition. This film looks at new approaches to drugs policy, from Portugal to Colorado.” From The Economist I believe what Portugal is saying with their drug decriminalization policy … 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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The Week: Ryan Cooper- ‘The Beginning of The End of The War on Drugs’

Source:The Week– illegal narcotic in America. “One of the many depressing aspects of the 2004 election was the crushing defeat of pro-gay marriage forces. Republican operatives, cynically stoking turnout with outright lies, put gay marriage bans on the ballot in … Continue reading

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NORML: Blog: U.S. Congress: Legislation Introduced To Get The Feds Out of The Marijuana Enforcement Business

NORML: Blog: U.S. Congress: Legislation Introduced To Get the Feds Out Of The Marijuana Enforcement Business Representative Jared Polis has been against the War on Drugs and in favor of marijuana legalization as long as I’ve known of him and … Continue reading

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Slate: Blog: Beth Ethier: Senate Leader Mitch McConnell Promotes Industrial Hemp: Senate Leader is Fighting to Remove Hemp From Controlled Substances Act

Slate: Blog: Beth Ethier: Senate Leader Mitch McConnell Promotes Industrial Hemp: Senate Leader is Fighting to Remove Hemp From Controlled Substances Act This might be the only bipartisan bill short of a federal budget and the appropriations bills that Congress … Continue reading

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Cannabis Culture: Blog: Grant Smith: Meet The New Drug Czar, Not The Same as The Old Drug Czar

Cannabis Culture: Blog: Grant Smith: Meet the New Drug Czar, Not the Same as the Old Drug Czar I guess at least in my perfect world and perhaps in the perfect world of now at least a one half of … 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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