Tag Archives: War on Drugs

The Heritage Foundation: William J. Bennett & Robert White: Going to Pot, Why The Rush to Legalize Marijuana is Harming America

. You know, if I was a lawyer and I was listening to Bill Bennett and Bob White give their presentation about marijuana, I would probably conceive every point that they made about marijuana. Other than why they say marijuana … Continue reading

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The Washington Post: Christopher Ingraham: The Orwellian Deception of Chuck Grassley’s Leniency Industrial Complex

Source:The Washington Post Anyone who calls them self a Conservative and especially a fiscal Conservative, but who supports the American Prison Industrial Complex and our current criminal justice system, I at the very least would question how fiscally conservative are … Continue reading

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Roll Call: Bridget Bowman: House Republicans Investigating Washington D.C. Marijuana Legalization

“One day before the District of Columbia is set to legalize marijuana, members of Congress are launching an investigation into D.C.’s decision to do so, and warning that implementing legalization would break the law. “If you decide to move forward … Continue reading

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Marijuana Policy Project: Morgan Fox: Marijuana Now Legal in Washington D.C.

Source:Marijuana Policy Project I’m sick and tired especially as someone who is a Liberal Federalist of hearing Republicans talk about local control and federalism when they don’t seem to believe in it. Except when it comes to things that they … Continue reading

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Reason: Jacob Sullum- Legal Pot in Washington D.C. Slips Through a Loophole

  Source: Reason: Jacob Sullum- Legal Pot in Washington D.C. Slips Through a Loophole Sounds to me that House Republicans led by Representative Andy Harris of Maryland will lose the legal pot issue in Washington D.C. because of bad legislating and … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Elaine Teng: Congress Blocks Washington-DC Marijuana Legalization

Source:The New Republic I’ve lost count how many times Republicans and so-called Conservatives talk about the need for federalism, state and local control, but that as long as states and locals governing what the way they approve. Doing things that … Continue reading

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Prison Reform Movement: Rina Palta: ACLU: Counties Opting For Incarceration, Not Rehabilitation

Source:The FreeState California has so many people in their corrections system as far as inmates. And so many inmates that they are now under a court order to reduce the size of their inmate population. Not by accident because they … Continue reading

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Mises Daily: Opinion: Randall G. Holcombe: The War on Drugs is Not Like The War on Poverty

Mises Daily: Opinion: Randall G. Holcombe: The War on Drugs is Not Like The War on Poverty This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger Randall Holcombe makes somewhat of an obvious, but important point that the … 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 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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