Tag Archives: Illegal Narcotics

The Bully Pulpit: JR Benjamin- William F. Buckley on Drug Legalization

The Bully Pulpit 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 is really what the War on Drugs is. And that is … 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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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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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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Hoover Institution: Issues on My Mind: George P. Schultz: Drugs, The War With No Winner

Source:The FreeState It’s good to hear a Republican and a Conservative, who worked for both President Richard Nixon, when the War on Drugs was declared and President Ronald Reagan, when the Drug War was escalated in the 1980s, like George … Continue reading

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The Film Archives: ‘The War on Drugs Is a Failure’

Source:The Film Archives– a humorous look at the War On Drugs. Source:FRS FreeState “The War on Drugs is a campaign of prohibition and foreign military aid and military intervention being undertaken by the United States government, with the assistance of … Continue reading

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Real Time With Bill Maher: Ethan Nadelman & Ann Coulter on The War on Drugs

. Source:The Daily Post If you believe that government’s job is to protect its people even from themselves and you believe in big government, (whether you’re even aware of it or not) that people by in large are stupid and … Continue reading

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Legalize Our Dream: Legalization of Marijuana in Utah?

Source:FRS FreeState Utah probably has more registered Republicans, right-wing nuts and NRA members per capita than any other state in America.  You’d have a better chance of seeing a man with multiple wives there than an elected Democrat (sorry, bad … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine: Ted Balaker – Interviewing Neill Franklin: ‘Five Ways the Drug War Hurts Kids’

Source:Reason Magazine– LEAP’s Neill Franklin, being interviewed by Reason Magazine’s Ted Balaker. Source:Free State MD “Commentators like Bill O’Reilly claim that ending the drug war would lead to more children being abused by drug-addicted parents. But 33-year law enforcement veteran … Continue reading

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