Ron Paul Debates For Marijuana Legalization

Posted by Patrick Semmens in March 18th 2009

Apparently the best advocate the drug warriors could find was Stephen Baldwin?

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Tobacco and Alcohol Prohibition

Posted by Patrick Semmens in June 3rd 2008

Yesterday was fight prohibition day for me.
Over on StogieGuys.com I published a commentary on Baltimore’s proposed ban on selling individual cigars that cost less than two dollars each:
Like most prohibitions – last time I checked drugs were also illegal in Baltimore, but readily available – this ban is destined to fail. Enterprising individuals will be able to [...]

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The Drug Warriors Strike Back

Posted by Patrick Semmens in May 26th 2008

When you criticize the war on drugs, the drug warriors will come after you.
That’s what happened to to the distributor of a movie about the malicious prosecution of Tommy Chong (of Cheech and Chong fame). Thousands of copies of the DVD were seized under the guise of being “drug paraphernalia.” (Here are items that could [...]

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DEA Propaganda

Posted by Patrick Semmens in April 29th 2008

The following is word for word from one of the DEA’s website many propaganda websites:

A word about prohibition: lots of you hear the argument that alcohol prohibition failed—so why are drugs still illegal? Prohibition did work. Alcohol consumption was reduced by almost 60% and incidents of liver cirrhosis and deaths from this disease dropped [...]

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RE: American Prisons

Posted by Patrick Semmens in April 9th 2008

Speaking of prisons, one thing that always struck me as the ultimate proof that the “war on drugs” will fail, no matter how much money and resources wasted is the fact that our prisons are full of illegal drugs. If walls, barbed wire, searches for everyone going in or out, and armed guards are [...]

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