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Day: April 20, 2012

Reasons to end the War on Drugs. Now.

April 20, 2012

Lynne Kiesling Today in Forbes Art Carden has an essay arguing that we should end the War on Drugs and make marijuana legal, now. He’s right. Here’s why. As Art argues, the War on Drugs is a policy poster child for unintended consequences, because the inelastic demand for the regulated good means that stronger enforcement … More Reasons to end the War on Drugs. Now.

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