http://www.flashpointblog.com/2007/07/01/new-libertarian-leader-in-alabama/ The Unpredictable Union of Pragmatism, Idealism, and Cynicism Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:30:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.flashpointblog.com/2007/07/01/new-libertarian-leader-in-alabama/#comment-6117 Brian Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:35:02 +0000 http://www.flashpointblog.com/2007/07/01/new-libertarian-leader-in-alabama/#comment-6117 Exactly. Personal freedom, including the right to use drugs, should merely be a subset of a true small government platform. Exactly. Personal freedom, including the right to use drugs, should merely be a subset of a true small government platform.

]]> http://www.flashpointblog.com/2007/07/01/new-libertarian-leader-in-alabama/#comment-6114 Carson Sasser Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:02:14 +0000 http://www.flashpointblog.com/2007/07/01/new-libertarian-leader-in-alabama/#comment-6114 At the very least, the argument for legalization (I'd rather think of it as de-illegalization) of drugs should be made in terms of a small-government issue. The war on drugs is pure and simply big government trying to protect us from ourselves. And it has failed. We are spending billions of dollars each year on this effort to keep drugs out of the hands of the citizens, and yet drugs are more available and cheaper now than ever before. I don't believe you can truly be for small government without being for ending the war on drugs. At the very least, the argument for legalization (I’d rather think of it as de-illegalization) of drugs should be made in terms of a small-government issue. The war on drugs is pure and simply big government trying to protect us from ourselves. And it has failed. We are spending billions of dollars each year on this effort to keep drugs out of the hands of the citizens, and yet drugs are more available and cheaper now than ever before. I don’t believe you can truly be for small government without being for ending the war on drugs.

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