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Why expand the drug war?

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

08/09/11

Here we go again. Amidst all the talk about out-of-control federal spending and debt, what does the U.S. government do? It goes out and spends more money by expanding the drug war in Mexico. Hey, when a federal program has failed to show any success after 40 years, what else would you expect federal officials to do, especially in the midst of a spending-and-borrowing crisis?

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2011-08-09.asp



Surviving the inanity

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Richard Schwartzman

08/09/11

It s easy to be skeptical. Sometimes, though, you have to either laugh at the lunacy or go running into the ocean screaming, 'Get me out of here.' The United States is just few hundred billion dollars short of the national debt being 100 percent of GDP and is waging illegal wars in a handful of different countries. The 40-year-long war on drugs is still destroying civil liberties and local governments are telling people what they can and can t ingest...

http://www.fff.org/comment/com1108f.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=global+war+on+drugs
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Richard+Schwartzman
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