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The War on Drugs Is a War on Freedom

Posted By: Free butterfly
The War on Drugs Is a War on Freedom

The War on Drugs Is a War on Freedom by Laurence M. Vance
English | September 30, 2018 | ISBN: 0982369751 | 128 pages | MOBI | 0.57 Mb

A collection of nineteen essays on the constitutional, moral, philosophical, and practical aspects of the U.S. government's failed War on Drugs. 'Vance notes correctly that the U.S. Constitution does not grant the federal government the authority to regulate the growing, selling, or ingesting of any material, drugs or not. The federal war on drugs is therefore unconstitutional, and should be ended immediately. He also notes that the Constitution does in theory give the states the power to regulate drugs, so states could, in effect, enact their own drug wars and be within constitutional boundaries. Vance, however, advocates total drug freedom as far as government intervention is concerned. He rightly mentions that employers, associations, clubs, and any other private entity have the authority to set their own rules in regard to drug use. For instance, an employer could have a zero-tolerance policy for alcohol, tobacco, and drugs and be fully constitutional because they are dictating conduct on their private property. Vance also accurately illustrates the inconsistency of punishing as a crime something that is a vice. In other words, an action that may harm the individual committing it (drug use) is made illegal and punished in the same manner as an action that harms another individual or individuals. After all, crimes such as murder, rape, physical abuse, assault, theft, fraud, etc. harm other people. Drug use, along with drinking alcohol, smoking tobacco, an unhealthy diet, bungee jumping, skydiving, etc., can only harm the individual himself and are therefore, except for drug use, not crimes. Of course, individuals can commit crimes under the influence of drugs or alcohol, but in such cases they should be held accountable for the crimes they did commit. Most importantly, Vance's book forces the reader to think critically about the issue of the federal government s war on drugs.' ~ from the Foreword by Jacob G. Hornberger of the Future of Freedom Foundation

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