Prohibition Blunder
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ProhibitionBlunder.org outlines the case against Drug Prohibition and connects voices against it.
“Let’s face it: The War on Drugs was a disaster. It may be well-intentioned, but it sent millions of kids to prison, gave them felony records, oftentimes when they had no violent crimes.” — Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper #DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs
“All #truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” — Arthur Schopenhauer #DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs
“Legalizing drugs would simultaneously reduce the amount of #crime and raise the quality of law enforcement.” — Milton Friedman, Nobel Laureate in Economics #DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs
“Only three things have been shown to never work: (1) Communism, (2) One-ply toilet paper, and (3) the War on Drugs.” — Unknown #DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs
“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of #evil to one who is striking at the root.” — Henry David Thoreau #DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs
“If the resources now spent on criminalization of drugs were devoted instead to education and treatment, the cost and danger of drug use would be greatly reduced.” — United States District Judge John L. Kane, Jr. #DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs
“Believe me, after 20 years as a prosecutor and judge, I can assure you that we only catch the stupid ones.” — Judge Ronald Rose, United States District Court, Santa Ana, California #DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs
“If my boys choose to go against what my husband and I are teaching them and use drugs, the very first thing we want is to make sure they don’t die. Unfortunately, death is much more likely if the drugs they get their hands on were produced on the underground market.” — Christina Dent
“It is difficult to understand why illegal drug addiction should be treated differently from alcoholism or nicotine addiction: all are basically #publichealth problems.” — United States Court of Appeals Judge Juan Torruella #DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs
“The advocates of the status quo stand firmly against any full or open discussion of #federal drug #policy, but what we really need to do is explore our options realistically, and tell each other the #truth.” — Judge James P. Gray #DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs
“What will it take for decision makers to display the wisdom and garner the #courage to end the disastrous #WaronDrugs and responsibly take charge of drug production and trade instead of leaving it in the hands of extremely dangerous and powerful international #criminal organizations?” — J. Dhywood
“Alcohol and tobacco use by teens is at its lowest point in decades because of #regulations and #social norms, not #prohibition.” — Christina Dent, Curious: A Foster Mom’s Discovery of an Unexpected Solution to Drugs and Addiction, p. 157 #DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs
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“For more than 19 years, I’ve issued hundreds of drug-offense search and arrest warrants. As a matter of personal curiosity I have asked the DEA agents, ‘Are we winning the #WarOnDrugs?’ To this date I have never received an affirmative response.” — U.S. Magistrate Judge Wm. F. Sanderson, Jr.
“Had #drugs been #decriminalized, ‘crack’ would never have been invented . . . and there would today be far fewer #addicts.” — Dr. Milton Friedman, Nobel Laureate in Economics #DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs
Watch our video The Prohibition Blunder: Why America Needs Drug #Legalization Now to learn more about the effort to legalize and regulate drugs and how #YourPowerfulVoice is the key to shifting to this winning strategy. #DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs #LegalizeDrugs
Alarmed #economists and public figures knowledgeable about the effects of #prohibition schemes have warned us of the disastrous results we're facing due to Drug Prohibition. Here's what they've been saying all along. Download Drug Prohibition Quotes: www.prohibitionblunder.org/_files/ugd/7...
“The ban on drugs has become [Alcohol] #Prohibition writ large. Like that earlier Prohibition, the ban on drugs has been a #financial bonanza for organized #crime, and its profits have financed the #corruption of #lawenforcement agencies, #politicians, and #judges.” — Dr. Thomas Sowell, Economist
Watch our video The Prohibition Blunder: Why America Needs Drug Legalization Now to learn more about the effort to legalize and regulate drugs and how #YourPowerfulVoice is the key to shifting to this winning strategy. #DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs #LegalizeDrugs
Watch our video The Prohibition Blunder: Why America Needs Drug Legalization Now to learn more about the effort to legalize and regulate drugs and how #YourPowerfulVoice is the key to shifting to this winning strategy. #DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs #LegalizeDrugs
Watch our video The Prohibition Blunder: Why America Needs Drug Legalization Now to learn more about the effort to legalize and regulate drugs and how #YourPowerfulVoice is the key to shifting to this winning strategy. #DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs #LegalizeDrugs
“Forty years, $1 trillion, and no real success.” — Dr. Michael Hicks, Economist #DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs
A half-century of agonizing evidence lays bare a clear verdict. In all things the #economists have been thoroughly correct and the #politicians thoroughly wrong. #DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs #LegalizeDrugs
“Allowing legal access to drugs isn’t a new idea, it’s an old idea. One that seems increasingly wise. The term ‘#legalization’ should really be ‘re-legalization’.” — Christina Dent #DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs
“Prohibition kills. Education saves lives.” — Dominic Milton Trott #DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs
Demand an end to the immoral, utopian policy of Drug Prohibition. Visit www.ProhibitionBlunder.org to find out how you can help. Watch and share: youtu.be/y7I3Z5bSU2c #DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs
Drug Prohibition has blocked drug control measures such as: 1. Effective partnering with law-abiding companies; 2. Standards for safer drugs, and 3. More successful shielding of minors from drug use and drug dealing. #DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs #LegalizeDrugs
“The great majority of serious #crimes in California are drug related; that is to say, caused not by the perpetrator’s ingestion of drugs, but by his or her need to obtain the large amounts of #money necessary to purchase drugs on the street.” #DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs