Drug War

The Libertarian Angle: Opioids and the Drug War (video)

by Future of Freedom Foundation June 5, 2018

If you own yourself, shouldn't you be free to ingest what you wish? FFF president Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling discuss the immorality of the drug war. Go to the podcast.

Legalize Drugs — All Drugs

by Jacob G. Hornberger June 1, 2018

In 1972, Newsweek published what must have been considered by many readers to be a shocking commentary on the drug war by libertarian Nobel Prize–winning economist Milton Friedman. Entitled “Prohibition and Drugs,” Friedman’s article called for the legalization of drugs — all drugs. Friedman made two primary libertarian arguments in favor of drug legalization: freedom and practicality. He wrote, On ethical ...

How to Drain the Swamp: End the Failed War on Drugs, Part 1

by David Stockman June 1, 2018

Part 1 | Part 2 There are few more wasteful and inappropriate federal activities than the seizing and destroying of indoor and outdoor cannabis plants. At the peak of Washington’s pointless war on drugs in 2010 the DEA funded the eradication of 11 million marijuana plants, and has caused 125 million of such “weeds” to be pulled ...

The People Who Really Deserve a Trump Pardon

by Laurence M. Vance May 3, 2018

President Trump has issued three presidential pardons in the fifteen months he has been in office. According to Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution, the president “shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States except in cases of impeachment.” According to the case of Ex ...

The Latest Conservative Argument for the Drug War

by Laurence M. Vance March 6, 2018

The libertarian position on the government’s drug war is straightforward. There should be no laws at any level of government for any reason regarding the buying, selling, growing, processing, transporting, manufacturing, advertising, using, possessing, or “trafficking” of any drug for any reason. All government agencies devoted to fighting the war on drugs should be abolished and the war on drugs ...

Blame Drug Cartels on the Drug War

by Brian Saady November 9, 2017

Even if the drug war were to end today, there would still be street crime and gangs in the far-distant future. However, these issues would be on a dramatically smaller scale. Mexico’s street gangs could never ascend to the level of an organized crime outfit without the massive profits from illegal drugs to pay for the necessary weaponry, hitmen, ...

Decriminalization Is Not Enough

by Laurence M. Vance October 6, 2017

According to recently released FBI crime data, there were 1,572,579 drug arrests in the United States last year. That’s an average of one drug arrest nearly every 20 seconds. The total number is up by about 5.6 percent from the 1,488,707 arrests for drug crimes in the United States in 2015. Because of a change in how ...

Cows and Cannabis

by Laurence M. Vance August 22, 2017

Lynching is on the rise. No, it is not occurring in the Deep South. No, it is not being perpetrated by white men. And no, it is not being done because of the color of someone’s skin. Lynching is occurring in India. It is being carried out by Hindus. And it is being done because of someone’s diet. India is ...

Help FFF End the Racist Drug War

by Jacob G. Hornberger July 26, 2017

Please help FFF bring its "End the Drug War" program to historically black colleges and universities. You can donate here.

The Problem with Harris County’s Relaxing of Its Marijuana Laws

by Laurence M. Vance April 26, 2017

Although marijuana is still illegal on the federal level, twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for medical use and eight states have legalized marijuana for recreational use. Other states have decriminalized certain marijuana-possession offenses. There are numerous restrictions, of course. But some freedom is better than no freedom. Texas is not one of these states. Partial ...

End the Drug War: Conference at FAMU

by Future of Freedom Foundation April 13, 2017

In conjunction with the ACLU at Florida A&M University, the ACLU at Barry University, and the ACLU at the University of Central Florida, The Future of Freedom Foundation was pleased to present an evening program on the campus of Florida A&M University College of Law on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, that addressed the war ...

Ethan Nadelmann: Time to End the War on Drugs

by Ethan Nadelmann April 4, 2017

Watch Ethan Nadelmann present his perspectives on why America needs to end the war on drugs. This presentation is part of FFF’s Drug War Video Project, whose aim is to accelerate the end of this immoral and destructive government program. You can also listen to the podcast.