Tag Archives: Illegal Drugs

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

Source:Hoover Institution 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 something dangerous, or try to prevent someone from doing anything and … Continue reading

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

Source:Pot-TV 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 wouldn’t legalize cocaine, heroin and meth. This idea … Continue reading

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

Source:The Weed Blog Congress, the last two weeks has debated the defense authorization bill. The House, is close to passing their bill and the Senate is debating their bill this week and voting on amendments. Both chambers and parties in … 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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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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Reason Magazine: Anthony L. Fisher: Patrick Kennedy Fears that Prohibition Might Lead to People Making Lots of Money

This is going to sound strange, but former U.S. Representative now War on Drugs propagandist Patrick Kennedy a Progressive Democrat and the son Teddy Kennedy is one of the best spokespeople for marijuana legalization and against the War on Drugs. … Continue reading

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

Source:The New Democrat  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 … Continue reading

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The Nation: Lee Fang: The Real Reason Why Pot is Illegal

Source:The New Democrat The Nation: Opinion: Lee Fang: The Real Reason Why Pot is Still Illegal Lee Fang is right about the reason he gave as why marijuana is illegal in America. It’s called the prescription drug industry that produces … Continue reading

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American Thinker: Matthew Ernst: The U.S. Love Affair With Addiction

Source:The New Democrat  I just read an article in the far-right blog called the American Thinker, by Matthew Ernst, who says he is a law enforcement officer or retired law enforcement officer, who tried to make the case for not … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Russell Crandall: Uruguay’s Pot Legalization is Bad For America’s War on Drugs

Source:The New Democrat  Then U.S. Senator John Kerry when he was up to be U.S. Secretary of State in I believe January or February 2013 during his Senate confirmation hearing was asked a question about the so-called War on Drugs … Continue reading

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