"War on Drugs" Turns 40
In 1971, President Richard Nixon named drug abuse as "public enemy number one in the United States," and officially declared a "war on drugs".
But the long federal experiment in prohibition of drugs has given us crime and corruption combined with a manifest failure to stop the use of drugs or reduce their availability to children.
Some useful Drug War History
This Week in History - March 18, 1839: Lin Tse-Hsu, the imperial Chinese commissioner in charge of suppressing the opium traffic, orders all foreign traders to surrender their opium. In response, the British send expeditionary warships to the coast of China, initiating the First Opium War.
Reason.tv: Experimental Economist Bart Wilson on the Meaning of "Fair"
Politicians and pundits often use the word “fair” to describe policies they favor. But what does “fair” really mean?
Dangers of (and to) Liberty (Commentary)
That's not how liberty works.
You enjoy a right to be free from governmental intrusion unless and until you have shown yourself incapable of exercising that right responsibly. That determination can only be made in a court of law.
KILL or be KILLED??
Cyber Attacks and Friendly Fire
Obama internet 'kill switch' bill approved - http://www.campaignforliberty.com/wire.php?view=12212 [Campaign for Liberty]
DRUG COURTS
FROM DRUGWARFACTS.ORG:
Drug Courts and Treatment Alternatives to Incarceration programs are popular, widely praised and rapidly expanding alternative approaches of dealing with drug offenders and people charged with nonviolent crimes who are drug users. Drug Courts substitute mandatory treatment for incarceration. Drug Courts have been much applauded, however some concerns about their fairness and effectiveness have been expressed. These include:
