Today is the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition. The 21st Amendment, repealing the 18th Amendment, was ratified on December 5th, 1933.
I would like to hoist my glass to the fact that, at the time of Prohibition there was near-universal agreement that the Federal government did NOT have the power to ban alcohol […]

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I’ve started watching The Wire on my iPhone, and coincidentally the writers of the show have published a screed against the drug war in Time magazine.
If asked to serve on a jury deliberating a violation of state or federal drug laws, we will vote to acquit, regardless of the evidence presented. Save for a prosecution […]

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This is powerful stuff, former law enforcement officers discussing the drug war. LEAP website here.

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