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Juan Carlos Hidalgo on Narcotics Legalization and the U.S. Mexico Border

Tom Palmer — Sat, 15 May 2010 17:35:12 +0000

“Progressivism”: Coercive and Meddlesome at its Core

Tom Palmer — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:30:35 +0000

David Bernstein on the rather, um, selective history of “Progressivism” given by the “Center for American Progress”: “Whitewashing Progressivism”

One could add many, many sins to the account of so-called “Progressives,” including prohibition, victimless crime laws generally, vice squads, public morals legislation, and generally attempting to replace the rule of law by the rule of wise and moral “experts,” i.e., themselves.

Is there a Dawning Realization that the War on Drugs is a Disaster?

Tom Palmer — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:47:17 +0000

La Prensa San Diego on El narco: La guerra fallida by former Mexican presidential spokesperson Rubén Aguilar and political analyst and former foreign minister Jorge Castañeda: “The So-Called War on Drugs a Complete Failure”

CNN: “Former Mexican official urges legalizing marijuana”

I have heard Castañeda speak and he is truly exceptional as an analyst and as a speaker. It’s a shame that on the clip here he barely has a chance to make even one point.

All Drug Warriors and Advocates of the Drug War: Take Note

Tom Palmer — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:14:28 +0000

Reason’s Jacob Sullum: “If We Make Sure We’re Not Killing Innocent People, We Might Not Get to Kill Anyone at All“

End the Drug War.

Tom Palmer — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:46:50 +0000

Two former officials in the government of Vicente Fox have come out in favor of ending the drug war, which is causing enormous harm in Mexico.

Their book, El Narco: La Guerra Fallida (“Narco: The Failed War”) was reviewed January 1 in the Los Angeles Times, “Book takes Mexico drug war to task.”

I met Castenada in Mexico in 2008 at a Cato Institute event, where he made a brilliant case against the current policies. He’s a very impressive thinker.

(Note: I also had discussions in Afghanistan about the disastrous impact of US and European drug policies on that country. The US government is causing tremendous harm worldwide through its drug policies. It’s time to end them. Now.)