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Wall Street Journal: Free-market Op-Ed Let's End Drug Prohibition

source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122843683581681375.html#

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The stern op-ed page of the Wall Street Journal is not the place you would expect to find an impassioned appeal to legalize marijuana. But to mark the ending of Prohibition 75 years ago, the free marketers have invited Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, to argue that our stern drugs laws should be overturned. He says drug prohibition has led to 500,000 people in jail for non-violent drug-law violations; 1.8 million drug arrests last year; tens of billions spent annually to fund a drug war that has failed; thousands dying each year from drug overdoses “that have more to do with prohibitionist policies than the drugs themselves,” and tens of thousands needlessly infected with AIDS and Hepatitis C because the anti-drug policies undermine responsible public-health policies. Nadelmann has high hopes Obama will make some modest changes, but, he argues, that is nowhere near enough to solve the problem.
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2 comments // Wall Street Journal: Free-market Op-Ed Let's End Drug Prohibition

  • mariofrog101750
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      mariofrog101750  

    • My appreciation goes to the Wall Street Journal for allowing my readers to learn about this article, full of common sense, educated input about a problem ailing Mexico, its citizens as never before in our history:

      COPY AND PASTE:

      http://www.securitycornermexico.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&a...

      I'd also like to thank ETHAN A. NADELMANN for his past spontaneous, invaluable contributions to Security Corner in Mexico, an independent, free information resource for expatriates.

      We started 7 years ago and combining the multiple supporters in the Internal community we've surpassed more than 4 million clicks since 9/11/06. Most articles are edited by readers. Many of these actually have chosen Mexico as their new home.

      Take advantage of this opportunity to recommend Wall Street readers to become familiar with its pages, recommendations:

      www.securitycornermexico.com

      Best Regards,

      Mario González-Román
      Retired FSN Sr. Security Advisor, US Embassy, Mexico

      Currently, Columnist, Security Consultant

    • 3 years ago
  • pcole
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      pcole  

    • Great article..how could anyone argue with the logic. It's time to end the prohibition of cannibis for responsible adult use!!!

    • 3 years ago
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