Possession of Certain Hard Drugs to Be Decriminalized in British Columbia after Record Overdose Deaths
June 8, 2022 – Patrick Carroll …… The move has reignited the debate over the War on Drugs in Canada. Continue reading →
Vax or Jail? The Dilemma Facing Some Americans
August 19, 2021 – Hannah Cox …… If the government can force me to get a vaccine for my own good, what else can it force me to do? The proverbial can of worms is open, the legal precedent set, and any student of history knows it only goes downhill from there. Continue reading →
I Was a Smuggler—and Make No Apologies For It
July 4, 2021 – Lawrence W. Reed …… Banning the transport of stuff that people desire is much easier said than done and may well produce more victims than the stuff itself. Continue reading →
Bigoted Cops and the Drug War
June 13, 2020 – Jacob G. Hornberger …… If Americans want to diminish racial bigotry in police departments across the country, the best way to start is by legalizing drugs, all of them. That would bring an end to the legal opportunity that bigoted cops have in the enforcement of drug laws against blacks. Continue reading →
6 Things We Learned from Prohibition
March 9, 2020 – John Phelan …… In a book on prohibitions, John Meadowcroft of King’s College in London offers several “generic lessons and implications” of the practice. Hint – prohibition does more harm than good. Continue reading →
Death to Prohibition
January 30, 2020 – Mark Thornton …… The repeated failure of prohibition may be just the catalyst that Austrian economics needs to gain traction with the American public. Continue reading →
I Was Sentenced to Life Without Parole for a Non-Violent First Drug Offense
November 24, 2019 – David Gornoski …… Craig Cesal was sentenced to life in prison for a first-time drug offense. He currently resides at a federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. Continue reading →
Governments Created Too Many Criminals. Now They Want More Regulations to “Solve” the Problem
November 22, 2019 – Ryan McMaken …… If governments really want to help former criminals get jobs, they should stop turning so many small-time offenses into crimes. Continue reading →
Decentralize the Drug War — On the Way to Abolishing It
June 18, 2019 – José Niño …… Victories against the drug war have all come first at the local level, and only then does the national government slowly back off its drive to dictate to Americans what they can eat or smoke. Continue reading →
Legalizing Marijuana: The Hypocrisy of Justin Trudeau and Andrew Scheer
February 23, 2019 – Lee Friday …… We can be thankful for the legalization of marijuana in Canada, but this does not mean we should give any credit to the government. Sometimes we win by accident. Continue reading →