It could be a lot worse
Sometimes I get so frustrated at the way the governments,federal and provincial(state in US)are poking their noses into every thing we do and say.We live in a world that is increasingly more contro
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Indian cops arrested with contraband drugs in Nepal
Indian cops arrested with contraband drugs in Nepal
Nepalnews.com
Monday, 31 May 2010 15:09
Why did alcohol prohibition end?
Did the "tax-it and make money for the government" argument carry the day in the fight to end alcohol prohibition? Donald Boudreaux makes a case in Prohibition Politics, Pittsburgh Tribune Review. (Via Radley Balko, who is not a fan of prohibition or taxes.)
Five Architects of the Drug War -- and the Result of Their Work
Alex Coolman's Drug Law Blog has published a list -- with pictures -- of "5 Bumbling Architects of America's War on Drugs": Hamilton Wright, Richmond Pearson Hobson, Harry Anslinger, William Randolph Hearst, and Richard Nixon. It's a good historical review of how duplicitous and random the pathway to prison and the current drug war really was. In order to believe that current US (and world) drug policy makes sense, it is necessary to assume that a sensible drug policy occurred by accident.
The most important picture is the one at the end, showing the result of our architects' efforts:
This Week in History
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
This Week in History
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
Weekly: This Week in History
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
Weekly: This Week in History
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.