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Our Drug-War Daddy

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TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2024
I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.
– James Madison,
Pertaining to Congress’ appropriation $15,000 for relief of French refugees [1794]

HORNBERGER’S BLOG
April 23, 2024
Our Drug-War Daddy
At the heart of the decades-long war on drugs is the notion that the federal government is people’s daddy. One of the purposes of a daddy is to keep his children from doing bad things. One of the most important parts of being a daddy is to prevent children from doing bad things to themselves, such as putting the wrong things into their …
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