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A Free Market in Drugs
Source: Reason Foundation
Author: Jacob Sullum
Country: United States

Transcript to the 1993 speech given at the Seventh International Conference on Drug Policy Reform.

Destroying Families for the Glory of the Drug War: Part I
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
Author: James Bovard
City: Fairfax, State: VA, Country: United States
E-mail: info@fff.org

DARE to end ridiculous drug education programs. (2/97)

Drugs: Mock Debate
Source: Reason Foundation
Author: Jacob Sullum
Country: United States

Jacob Sullum's article on the DEA's "How to Hold Your Own in a Drug Legalization Debate" publication. His analysis is right on target.

Just Say What?
Source: Reason Foundation
Author: Jacob Sullum
Country: United States

Why hasn't the "War on Drugs" worked? Surprise - it's not supposed to!

Smoke Alarm
Source: Reason Foundation
Author: Jacob Sullum
Country: United States

Tobacco and marijuana: recycled alarmism.

The Scapegoat As Drug and the Drug As Scapegoat
Source: Libman's World
Author: Thomas Szasz
Country: United States

A historical piece from anti-psychiatrist Szasz on how drugs have been used as a scapegoat through time.

Drug Prohibition and Our Fear of Autonomy
Source: Libman's World
Author: Thomas Szasz
Country: United States

"Anti-psychiatrist" Szasz addresses the core issues with regard to drug prohibition in this on-the-money essay concerning the real (and to some, frightening) implications of personal autonomy.

The Chemical Inquisition
Source: Liberty Unbound
Author: Robert H. Nelson
Country: United States

Nelson examines the left-right puritanism behind the War on Drugs.

Ending Our Drug Nightmare
Source: International Society for Individual Liberty
Author: Jarret Wollstein
Country: United States
E-mail: isil@isil.org

ISIL pamphlet argues for "a humane solution that will make our streets safe." Yes, it's drug re-legalization. It "would end most drug violence, brutalization of drug users, corruption of police, clogging of courts and prisons, and most deaths from drug overdoses ... Drugs should be legalized ... because drugs do less harm to our lives, our property, and our humanity, than drug laws."

Interview with Milton Friedman on the Drug War
Source: Shug's Reference Library
Country: United States

Friedman does an excellent job of explaining why the drug war has gone wrong and why it will never go right.

Why conservatives should oppose the drug war
Source: Cascade Policy Institute
Author: Steve Buckstein
Country: United States

"They thought they could make prohibition as strong as the Constitution, but instead have made the Constitution as weak as prohibition."

Drug legalization, criminalization, and harm reduction (excerpts)
Source: Cato Institute
Author: David Boaz
City: Washington, State: DC, Country: United States

An abridged version of the testimony delivered June 16th, 1999 to a Congressional subcommittee by Cato's David Boaz on the subject of drug legalization. Full text available. (6/16/99)

Prohibition vs. regulation
Source: DrugSense
Country: United States

A helpful overview of the failings of drug prohibition and how the situation can be alleviated by some degree of legalization.

Principles of responsible cannabis use
Source: NORML
Country: United States
E-mail: info@norml.org

Official NORML Board of Directors statement outlining the parameters for responsible use of cannabis sativa, aka marijuana: adults only; no driving; set and setting; resist abuse; respect the rights of others. Adopted in February 1996.

Drug War Facts
Source: CSDP
Author: Douglas A. McVay
Country: United States
E-mail: dmcvay@drugwarfacts.org

A series of Adobe Acrobat PDF files, indexed alphabetically by topic, with documentation to back up any argument with the drug warriors. Also available as a single-volume download. Edited and updated regularly.

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