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The Futility and Destructiveness of the Drug War

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2023
An inquisition into every man’s private circumstances, and an inquisition which, in order to accommodate the tax to them, watched over all the fluctuations of his fortune, would be a source of such continual and endless vexation as no people could support.
– Adam Smith,
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations [1776]

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November 3, 2023
The Futility and Destructiveness of the Drug War
The U.S. Attorney’s office in the Eastern District of Louisiana just sent out a press release reporting that a New Orlean federal judge has sentenced a 28-year-old man, Derek Nolan, to 15 years in a federal penitentiary for drug-related crimes.  The press release states: “This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of …
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