Six Reasons Christians Should Hate the War on Drugs
The War on Drugs was instigated by the U.S. federal government in 1970, but the policy of drug prohibition has …
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Weekend Insights – Craig Cesal released!
Welcome back to Weekend Insights, your LCI “President’s Corner” of miscellaneous articles, events, books, vids, and whatever else I’m thinking about…
Essential Yet Illegal
The US federal government does a bunch of things that mystify me. They cannot discriminate in conferring benefits based on race, oh, unless it is affirmative action. Government agents cannot search you or your home without first earning a warrant, unless they think they should. I’ve even accepted there are alternative truths: you can keep your doctor, and Bill didn’t inhale. But, in the last few days, it seems they have been overwhelmed by imagination.
Is Libertarianism a Mental Illness?
Is it libertarians who are insane for believing in drug freedom or is it drug warriors who have a mental illness?
Are You a “Resident Alien” or Have You Gone Native?
In his book The Patient Ferment of the Early Church, Alan Kreider discusses how the early Christians lived in tension …
Why Not Execute Alcohol and Tobacco Dealers?
Although about thirty countries have the death penalty for drug trafficking, only in China, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, …
Mental Illness and the ‘Right to Try’
Following the recent high-profile suicides of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, Reuters published an article arguing that the “rise in …
Legalizing Medical Marijuana is Pro-Life and Pro-Individual Liberty
After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Masterpiece in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, Russell Moore, …
Political Correctness Hallucinates Immigrants as Animals
This week, the Political Correctness religion mass hallucinated that Trump called illegal immigrants animals because many of its members feel …
Does Drug Testing Violate Libertarian Principles?
Is testing all potential and current employees for drug use a dumb idea? I think so. But your moral—and in …
Can the Federal Government Ban Anything?
Even though it is true that the government currently bans all kinds of things, I am asking a serious question. …
The Drug Test That Could Cost You Everything
Although I have written over fifty articles on the injustice, hypocrisy, insanity, senselessness, inhumanity, and evils of the government’s war …
Hearing the Scream
If snorting cocaine is against the law, the addict becomes a criminal. The law builds a wall between him and …
Christianity, Libertarianism, and the Drug War (Video)
Dr. Laurence Vance was our first keynote speaker of the day at the Christians For Liberty 2015 Conference. In his …
Christianity, Libertarianism, and the Drug War
This talk was given on August 8, 2015 as a keynote address at the Christians for Liberty Conference in Austin, …
Are you really for liberty? The Drug War Litmus Test.
Conservative Republicans are sometimes said by the media to be “libertarian” or “libertarian-leaning.” This is especially true if they say …
The Christian Case for Drug Law Reform
You do not have to smoke marijuana, inject heroin, or understand The Wire to realize that the War on Drugs …
Ending the War on Drugs
Review of Dean Becker, To End the War on Drugs: A Guide for Politicians, the Press, and the Public (DTN …
Legalize Heroin–It’s the Christian thing to do
There, I said it: legalize heroin. For those in a state of shock, let me say it again: legalize heroin. And for those conservative Christians who want to use the power of the state to stamp out sin and vice, let me say it again: legalize heroin.
Meet the CFL Conference Speakers: Jay Hall
“Simply arresting and warehousing people has not worked to abate the flow of drugs, and it has caused far worse …
Drug Warriors Are Harmful: Debunking 7 Myths of Their Own Creation
My unusual title is because I am replying to an article posted at the Heritage Foundation’s blog, The Foundry, titled: …
Why Do Constitutionalists Support the Drug War?
The latest ruse of some conservatives to garner the sympathy, support, and votes of libertarians is to declare that they …
Hard Questions on the Drug War
As I have maintained in all of my articles on the drug war, the war on drugs is a monstrous …
Mises Explains the Drug War
Air travelers were outraged when the FAA announced that there would be flight delays because air-traffic controllers had to take furloughs as a result of sequester budget cuts. But there is another federal agency whose budget cuts Americans should be cheering — the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Sow It Everywhere
Review of Martin A. Lee, Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana—Medical, Recreational, and Scientific (Scribner, 2012), vii + 519 …
Can Conservatives Be Libertarians?
Some libertarians are applauding the recent Supreme Court decisions relating to same-sex marriage, not because of anything to do with …
Decriminalization, Legalization, or Freedom?
In between drug prohibition and drug freedom are two concepts that are often confused. Drug prohibition is the criminalization of …
What Every Libertarian Needs To Know About Two Books on the Drug War
Review of Mark A. R. Kleiman, Jonathan P. Caulkins, and Angela Hawken, Drugs and Drug Policy: What Everyone Needs to …
The War on Drugs is a War on Freedom
Book review of The War on Drugs is a War on Freedom by Laurence Vance. Vance Publications, 2012. Orlando, FL. …
Ron Paul bids farewell to Congress
Today, Ron Paul gave his farewell address to the U.S. House of Representatives. Here is the text of his speech. …