Connecting Voices Against Drug Prohibition
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Drug Prohibition:
Gives the control to cartels and gangs.
Regulation Via Legalization:
Ousts cartels and gangs from drug trade.
The Prohibition Blunder
America’s half-century crusade of Drug Prohibition has been waged with a singularly confident goal: creating a Drug-Free America. “It is the declared policy of the United States to create a Drug-Free America by 1995.” U.S. Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988.
Led by Dr. Milton Friedman, alarmed economists knowledgeable about the actual effects of prohibition schemes warned the results would be disastrous.
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We would surrender drug control to lawless cartels and gangs.
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The resulting drugs would be massively worse and kill many more people.
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The campaign would also cause rampant crime, addiction, disease, and loss of constitutional rights and civil society.
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Effective drug control measures would become impossible.
A half-century of agonizing evidence lays bare a clear verdict. In all things the economists have been thoroughly correct and the politicians thoroughly wrong.
As the economists have advocated, the immoral policy of Drug Prohibition must be abandoned as soon as possible in favor of the effective regulation possible only with legalization.
A Half-Century Blunder Exposed in Half an Hour
We think the following half-hour video concisely presents the many wise voices against this deadly blunder. We hope you’ll watch it and notice these four badly ignored questions about Drug Prohibition.
"The War on Drugs is the most immoral program the United States has ever engaged in."
—Dr. Milton Friedman, Nobel Laureate in Economics
Ending the Prohibition Blunder
Strict Regulation through Legalization
With 300 American deaths each day due to the War on Drugs—and almost 2 million since that war was declared—the time for honesty and action is now.
Learn how the economists have been proved right all along: The only real drug control is effective regulation through legalization.
Your Powerful Voice is the key to shifting to this winning strategy. Read on to equip yourself with the facts required to end this deplorable war.
"The failure [of the War on Drugs] has a simple reason: Governments continue to treat the drug problem as a battle to be fought, not a market to be tamed."
—Tom Wainwright
The Economist
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"I have learned over twenty years of experience that although the War on Drugs makes for good politics, it makes for terrible government."
—Judge James P. Gray
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