Entries Tagged as 'prohibition'

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

It’s Time to Legalize Drugs

Via the Washington Post: Drug manufacturing and distribution is too dangerous to remain in the hands of unregulated criminals. Drug distribution needs to be the combined responsibility of doctors, the government, and a legal and regulated free market. This simple step would quickly eliminate the greatest threat of violence: street-corner drug dealing. We simply urge [...]

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

A Radical Solution to End the Drug War: Legalize Everything

Via Esquire Last year, Franklin went public with his conclusions by joining a group called Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. Since then he’s made it his business to talk to other cops about the subject, and he’s been surprised by another discovery: “I find that 95 percent of my law-enforcement friends agree that we have to [...]