Milton Friedman and "The War On Drugs -- RIP." Assignment

[somethingdiffereable]

BRAVO!!!!!!

[TheyFeedingULies]

I'm for the legalization to! The homeless and prostitutes, of which a majority have some kind of emotional, behavioral, or psychological problem r on drugs I guess as a means of escape. I see it everyday downtown, these bums looking for the quickest and cheapest high. Over their lifetime they would have used up so many resources that they have become a tremendous burden on the system in all aspects, mainly financially and on the HC system. If drugs were legal maybe they would OD sooner and die.

[MrDarkbloom]

@TheyFeedingULies You hate people, don't you? It's clear from the amount of sympathy you have for those in terrible situations.

[silversobe]

Mexican Drug Lord Officially Thanks American Lawmakers for Keeping Drugs Illegal

By David Henry Sterry, The Huffington Post - Friday, April 3 2009

[GeneralGars]

@AndrewACE24: Thank God you don't make local and national decisions. What a filthy mouth on you.

[AndrewACE24]

and i'll say this much on abortion.

if we're going to have a publicly funded healthcare program,

fucking FUND the abortions too, god damn it !

[Suvuksanovic]

@AndrewACE24 IDIOT!

[Suvuksanovic]

@AndrewACE24 yOU'VE GOT A LOT TO SAY FOR A F**KWIT THAT KNOWS NOTHING! Go rot in hell or join Fox news with Sarah Palin - same thing!

[johnnyappleseedism]

well, we shouldn't be looking for the government to take care of us. Like Thomas Jefferson and B. Franklin said, Those willing to give up freedom for safety, deserve neither, and will recieve neither. Stop letting government make decisions for us, they are supposed to be representing us. Less is more.

[AndrewACE24]

that is why they are legally minors, and that is why they have no place in american politics, other than the recieving end,

and that is why, we dont give a fuck what a teenager thinks.

[AndrewACE24]

Teenagers are TREND oriented

They have no past to judge themselves by

They are Impulsive

They do not process information the same way adults do and they have less ability to actually use raw knowledge the same way as adults can even an adult who is a rookie at something can do a lot better than a teenager,at the same job

Teenagers do not have good executive functioning

Teenagers are not very good forethinkers or planners and they have little ability to process cause and effect

i can go on

[ipwnallnubscuzirock]

@AndrewACE24 I am a teenager, and I'm in college at 17. Drugs help some people come up with great ideas. The person who discovered the benzene ring structure was on LSD at the time. Just as well, what gives you the right to tell me or anyone else what they are able to put into their body?

[SteelSkullX]

@ipwnallnubscuzirock I hear that man. I am a musician and I play beautifully when I have some THC in my blood stream.

[AndrewACE24]

when i look to legalize something, i look at many things.

not just "freedom", ya know what ?

fuck freedom.

what about reason ?

when i look at legalizing something i look at many things.

The mental, emotional and psychological maturity and abilities of its supporters.

The age group of its main supporters

The historical record of its supporters

The Economy and the statistics, including the unrelated laws of the countries with similar laws to the way the supporters want it.

[Suvuksanovic]

@AndrewACE24 Has anyone told you u're an idiot yet? oops yes me!!

[AndrewACE24]

also, no existing former dutch colony is first world today.

[AndrewACE24]

and we also dont give a fuck what somebody under age 18 thinks either.

[AndrewACE24]

the usa aint a 3rd world shit hole.

if you dont like it

fuck you.

[AndrewACE24]

and the netherlands has a track record of making laws tantamount to 3rd world.

so fuck the netherlands too.

[Suvuksanovic]

@AndrewACE24 and you've got a recorf of being an IDIOT!

[AndrewACE24]

these are the countries where marijuana is legal.

Venezuela, Russia, Peru, Iran, Czech, Comoros, Argentina and Mexico.

all 3rd world shit holes.

[AndrewACE24]

hopefully, the greater availablity of REAL medical care will cause weed to go down a lot.

[AndrewACE24]

we dont give a fuck what your stupid ass addiction influenced opinion is, we legislate based on the facts.

not the beliefs of a fuckin retarded junkie.

[AndrewACE24]

and as i said, we're going to have a healthcare plan, not your fucking weed.

i pay my taxes, and i want it spent on my country.

like i said before.

[AndrewACE24]

you can either have this, or a good, first world healthcare plan.

not both. now start warming up the facts.

[AndrewACE24]

thisis comming from the National Institute of drug addiction.

if you thing we're going to legalize this shit,

you better fucking think again, because your in for a shock

cunt !

[AndrewACE24]

Marijuana is the most commonly abused illicit drug in the United States. It is a dry, shredded green and brown mix of flowers, stems, seeds, and leaves derived from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. The main active chemical in marijuana is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol; THC for short

[AndrewACE24]

As a more concentrated, resinous form it is called hashish, and as a sticky black liquid, hash oil.* Marijuana smoke has a pungent and distinctive, usually sweet-and-sour odor

[AndrewACE24]

Marijuana is usually smoked as a cigarette (joint) or in a pipe. It is also smoked in blunts, which are cigars that have been emptied of tobacco and refilled with marijuana. Since the blunt retains the tobacco leaf used to wrap the cigar, this mode of delivery combines marijuana's active ingredients with nicotine and other harmful chemicals. Marijuana can also be mixed in food or brewed as a tea.

[AndrewACE24]

Scientists have learned a great deal about how THC acts in the brain to produce its many effects. When someone smokes marijuana, THC rapidly passes from the lungs into the bloodstream, which carries the chemical to the brain and other organs throughout the body

[AndrewACE24]

THC acts upon specific sites in the brain, called cannabinoid receptors, kicking off a series of cellular reactions that ultimately lead to the high that users experience when they smoke marijuana. Some brain areas have many cannabinoid receptors; others have few or none. The highest density of cannabinoid receptors are found in parts of the brain that influence pleasure, memory, thoughts, concentration, sensory and time perception, and coordinated movement

[AndrewACE24]

Not surprisingly, marijuana intoxication can cause distorted perceptions, impaired coordination, difficulty in thinking and problem solving, and problems with learning and memory. Research has shown that marijuanas adverse impact on learning and memory can last for days or weeks after the acute effects of the drug wear off.2 As a result, someone who smokes marijuana every day may be functioning at a suboptimal intellectual level all of the time

[AndrewACE24]

Research on the long-term effects of marijuana abuse indicates some changes in the brain similar to those seen after long-term abuse of other major drugs. For example, cannabinoid withdrawal in chronically exposed animals leads to an increase in the activation of the stress-response system3 and changes in the activity of nerve cells containing dopamine.4 Dopamine neurons are involved in the regulation of motivation and reward, and are directly or indirectly affected by all drugs of abuse

[AndrewACE24]

Long-term marijuana abusers trying to quit report irritability, sleeplessness, decreased appetite, anxiety, and drug craving, all of which make it difficult to quit. These withdrawal symptoms begin within about 1 day following abstinence, peak at 23 days, and subside within 1 or 2 weeks following drug cessation.

[AndrewACE24]

Long-term marijuana abuse can lead to addiction; that is, compulsive drug seeking and abuse despite its known harmful effects upon social functioning in the context of family, school, work, and recreational activities.

[AndrewACE24]

the strongest evidence links marijuana use and schizophrenia and/or related disorders.6 High doses of marijuana can produce an acute psychotic reaction; in addition, use of the drug may trigger the onset or relapse of schizophrenia in vulnerable individuals

[AndrewACE24]

Chronic marijuana use, especially in a very young person, may also be a marker of risk for mental illnesses, including addiction, stemming from genetic or environmental vulnerabilities, such as early exposure to stress or violence. At the present time,

[AndrewACE24]

However, at this time, it not clear whether marijuana use causes mental problems, exacerbates them, or is used in attempt to self-medicate symptoms already in existence.

[AndrewACE24]

Some of these studies have shown age at first use to be a factor, where early use is a marker of vulnerability to later problems.

[AndrewACE24]

A number of studies have shown an association between chronic marijuana use and increased rates of anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, and schizophrenia.

[AndrewACE24]

A number of studies have shown an association between chronic marijuana use

[AndrewACE24]

Marijuana increases heart rate by 20100 percent shortly after smoking; this effect can last up to 3 hours. In one study, it was estimated that marijuana users have a 4.8-fold increase in the risk of heart attack in the first hour after smoking the drug.7 This may be due to the increased heart rate as well as effects of marijuana on heart rhythms, causing palpitations and arrhythmias. This risk may be greater in aging populations or those with cardiac vulnerabilities

[AndrewACE24]

exposure to carcinogenic smoke. Marijuana smokers show dysregulated growth of epithelial cells in their lung tissue, which could lead to cancer;8 however, a recent case-controlled study found no positive associations between marijuana use and lung, upper respiratory, or upper digestive tract cancers.9 Thus, the link between marijuana smoking and these cancers remains unsubstantiated at this time

[AndrewACE24]

Numerous studies have shown marijuana smoke to contain carcinogens and to be an irritant to the lungs. In fact, marijuana smoke contains 5070 percent more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than does tobacco smoke. Marijuana users usually inhale more deeply and hold their breath longer than tobacco smokers do, which further increase the lungs

[AndrewACE24]

Nonetheless, marijuana smokers can have many of the same respiratory problems as tobacco smokers, such as daily cough and phlegm production, more frequent acute chest illness, and a heightened risk of lung infections. A study of 450 individuals found that people who smoke marijuana frequently but do not smoke tobacco have more health problems and miss more days of work than nonsmokers.10 Many of the extra sick days among the marijuana smokers in the study were for respiratory illnesses.

[AndrewACE24]

Research clearly demonstrates that marijuana has the potential to cause problems in daily life or make a persons existing problems worse. In one study, heavy marijuana abusers reported that the drug impaired several important measures of life achievement including physical and mental health, cognitive abilities, social life, and career status.11 Several studies associate workers marijuana smoking with increased absences, tardiness, accidents, workers compensation claims, and job turnover.

[AndrewACE24]

Marijuana admissions were primarily male (73.8 percent), White (51.5 percent), and young (36.1 percent were in the 1519 age range). Those in treatment for primary marijuana abuse had begun use at an early age: 56.2 percent had abused it by age 14 and 92.5 percent had abused it by age 18

[AndrewACE24]

The latest treatment data indicate that in 2006 marijuana was the most common illicit drug of abuse and was responsible for about 16 percent (289,988) of all admissions to treatment facilities in the United States.

[AndrewACE24]

Behavioral interventions, including cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational incentives (i.e., providing vouchers for goods or services to patients who remain abstinent) have shown efficacy in treating marijuana dependence. Although no medications are currently available, recent discoveries about the workings of the cannabinoid system offer promise for the development of medications to ease withdrawal, block the intoxicating effects of marijuana, and prevent relapse.

[AndrewACE24]

According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, in 2007, 14.4 million Americans aged 12 or older used marijuana at least once in the month prior to being surveyed, which is similar to the 2006 rate. About 6,000 people a day in 2007 used marijuana for the first time—2.1 million Americans. Of these, 62.2 percent were under age 18.

[AndrewACE24]

The Monitoring the Future survey indicates that marijuana use among 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-graders—which has shown a consistent decline since the mid-1990s.

[AndrewACE24]

you want change ?, there is the fucking changes that you will get.

[AndrewACE24]

there is an arms race in asia,

i'll fucking make us "up to" facing the challenges, and winning.

[AndrewACE24]

im watching, and i been watching the government's every move, and sent them letter after letter...

since my first comment here.

[AndrewACE24]

shock anxd awe, like clock work, thats how the fuck america needs regulation and law and order.

and to have certain activities, things, objects and behaviors banned.

because im not going to be fucking dragged back to the 1800s.

[AndrewACE24]

dont make me fucking wait, for the next big legislation to make america powerful and great again, with jobs available.

[AndrewACE24]

if this bill is passed and the health programs are set up

the TO-DO list now consists of

Give the border patrol the Authority, the Equipment, the Training and the Funding they NEED, inorder to keep america, for americans.

(something democrats stand for)

Stop giving amnesty to illegal aliens.

Toughen the drug laws and the Marijuana laws. and crack down on it.

Make the Police accountable for their behavior and hold them to high standards of service.

improve education and youth services

[AndrewACE24]

and the anti-cigarette and tobbaco legislation by obama is another GOOD move.

now we're starting to fucking get somewhere.

[AndrewACE24]

this war is by no means won, and it can still be lost, at any time. as it stands now.

[AndrewACE24]

now the senate must vote on it, if they are fucking smart, the WILL pass it.

make no fucking mistake about it, this piece of good news is NOT the be all and end all.

its just 1 VERY , VERY...TINY FUCKING BABY STEP. ON A LONG, LONG JOURNEY.

[AndrewACE24]

You have 1 year and 8 months to go, before i make my decision on wether or not to fuckin dump the usa.

so far, there is some good news.

The House of Representitives have made their move in the right direction,

by making health insurance manditory,

and making a government operated healthcare system THAT DOES NOT eliminate the private sector

the insurance companies are NO LONGER exempt from the "anti-trust" laws

and the RICH will be paying for it, not the poor and middle class

[PenguinFriend22]

i would not even go to my own virgin islands down there, much less a motherfuckin dutch island, or a british island.

and i damn sure would not touch an independant caribbean "nation" with a 20 foot pole.

[PenguinFriend22]

the government has a role to play in SOLVING these things, and working towards closure in these cases.

but none of what i said is the governments fault that it happened.

because guess what, LIFE happens.

[PenguinFriend22]

think about how fuckin ridiculous that sounds!

everything that ever went wrong in my life is the governments fault, and everything i ever did that i wasnt supposed to be doing, is the governments fault, and every time i ever got fired for giving people disgusting courtesy and bad service,

well, its the governments fault.

think about how fuckin dumb ya sound.

[PenguinFriend22]

i invite you to try to tell me how it is NOT your fault if ya did that.

LOL

you were building it, and i broke my foot from using your product, and your product is now in a million pieces, 2 stories below where it was built !

so tell me that isnt your fault ! lol

[PenguinFriend22]

let me tell you something right now, if you were a carpenter, and i hired you to build me a deck, i want the job done professionally. its why i hired a carpenter.

if you build me something that i could have done myself, and i break my foot, it aint the fuckin governments fault that you owe me for my medical bills !

its YOUR fault for passing yourself off as the professional that you are clearly NOT,

and its YOUR fault for building a cheap piece of shit !

not mine, not the gov.

[PenguinFriend22]

just like its the governments fault because natalie halloway decided that she was 18 and could do whatever she wanted, and went down to aruba and got murdered by the violent ass criminal natives, right ?

18 is just a kid, they dont know any better, and they are immature.

but, its the government's fault that when your 18, you think like a dickhead for most part, and when your 30 ya look back and laugh at yourself back then, right ?

[PenguinFriend22]

and then ya have people with fuckin annoying, insanely stupid fuckin anti-government theories

ya know im fuckin tired of the government being blamed for everything

its the governments fault because your a fuckin druggie

its the governments fault because hurricane katrina hit home base

its the governments fault because you cant handle your job professionally

im fuckin tired of hearing that attitude too.

where DOES it ever become YOUR fault OR Nobodys fault ? idiot !

[AntarcticaMan81186]

education standards, education curriculum, youth employment opportunities, youth sports, youth crime prevention programs, healthcare, GUN policy, urban LAW enforcement, the problem with unemployment,

and the ever growing problem of getting less and less for your money.

summer camp and activities for kids.

all these things are what needs improvment, not just 1 thing.

[AntarcticaMan81186]

during the bush years, i was told

"wait, hold on, please give america a chance"

what now ?

a chance for weed ? and then ecstacy ?

and then some more fuckin shit ?

get the fuck outta here !

im done giving a america a fuckin chance !

the clock for america to shape the fuck up is now ticking ! 2 years is the absolute fuckin limit !

[AntarcticaMan81186]

back in the 1990s, the usa started this "sugarless wednesday".

talking about how bad sugar is for ya, just like the dumbass that these people are

IF YOUR BODY DIDNT NEED SUGAR, WHY IS SUGAR THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIFE ON EARTH ?

YOU NEED SUGAR TO SURVIVE

2 things in this world that you absolutely WILL consume nomatter what your attitude is about food

1 is water, and the second SUGAR

the problem with obesity aint the fuckin sugar, its the TON of EVERYTHING. and that FAT in it.

[AntarcticaMan81186]

and the quality of the food in other countries, is nothing i would fail to adapt to.

some of the shit you CAN get here in america WILL give ya fuckin stomach cramps, block up your arteries, make you weigh as much as 2 "standard"

sized people,

i seen american food right with FAKE sugar, and "olean"

some kind of synthetic oil,

sounds like "castrol GTX" for cars

to me LOL

and i cant even go get a fuckin jar of peanut butter without getting E-coli

so much for usa.

[AntarcticaMan81186]

america has 2 years to shape the fuck up and get the idea of legalizing weed and other dugs OUT of their fuckin heads, or im going to make my first steps on getting the information i need to work the system, to leave.

[AntarcticaMan81186]

and staggering hypocrisy at that ! im not looking for a redneck !  lol

im looking for a place that atleast cares 2 measley inches about their people, and runs a modern state, and cares about having a clean place to live.

[AntarcticaMan81186]

and i'll also give some rise to the idea that part of it is because of your wimp border patrol that lets every fuckin idiot in the usa

which is another reason im definately considering my options on leaving a lot better than i used to

infact, a few years ago i called quantas, british airways, i looked a bunch different country websites, some were even more appealing than the usa.

and what am i going to do ? move in with some rednecks down in tennesee?

a few years of peace for nothing !

[AntarcticaMan81186]

i want to be governed by those i elected,

NOT some fuckin non profit organization lead by some guy who got the idea to start up a fuckin club, and call himself the leader of it.

fuck the non profit organization who has HIRED  employees like any other business.

i VOTED for the politicians.

[AntarcticaMan81186]

there are non profit organizations that advocate everything under the sun,

doesnt mean im going to tollerate them reaching their goals.

[AntarcticaMan81186]

im not trying to equate drugs, with any other kind of crime.

im not using any sort of gateway theory, between 2 different kind of drugs, OR 2 different kinds of crimes.

the kind of a person who does drugs have a criminal mindset, period.

that is why they do what they do, because they dont care, about themselves, you, i, or anyone.

that sort of a sub-culture will always exist, laws or no laws.

with laws, i see how im safer, because then, i have somebody to complain to about it.

[AntarcticaMan81186]

do you know what they call america ?

the United States of Dope, the United States of AIDs, the United States of Retards,

and for the longest time i been extremely defensive, trying to defend the usa, but ya know what ?

since you stab me in the back, and leave ME holding the fuckin bag, FUCK YOU.

and since they call america what they do,

that SHOULD fuckin show ya, just how much the world loves america, and agrees with america

LMAO almost none at all.

[AntarcticaMan81186]

and to put it plainly, im getting sick and fuckin tired of your attitude, infact i been fuckin fed up with it.

your attitude fuckin sucks, and so does america already.

it aint about marijuana, its about YOU WANT

it aint about gay marriage, its about YOU WANT

there are a whole host of countries

(infact most) where these things still remain illegal, and they dont have a fuckin attitude EITHER

of the countries that atleast allow gay marriage, STILL dont have a fuckin attitude.

[AntarcticaMan81186]

the cops got one of the most powerful, and EASILY the fastest full size sedans out there, they got M16s, M4s, all kinds of pistols, and shot guns, tazers, tear gas, stink bombs, and armored vehicles..

and they want to fuckin play chicken with some fucker who has a cheap pistol ?

fuck that !

[AntarcticaMan81186]

i pay my taxes, and i want my fuckin tax money spent on my country !

[AntarcticaMan81186]

and i wont have to have to shop around for one either, out of the near 300 countries in the world, my criteria accounts for about 100 of them !

[AntarcticaMan81186]

the point of a law is REGULATE, this is the direct result of the LAWS bending.

if the government dont want to enforce the laws, ( a service i pay for every week )

i'll go to a place where the laws are enforced, and a country where the government isnt fuckin scared to stand up to a bunch of fuckin Yobo Hee Haws,

and tell them NO !

[AntarcticaMan81186]

what is on paper, and the reality are 2 different things.

the fact is we would have less crime, if we didnt have any laws at all.

well im not going to fuckin live in a anarchy state, i'll fuckin pack my bags and leave first !

[AntarcticaMan81186]

i also do not want my kids around drug addicts,

i got 3 adopted kids, and a girlfriend that i will be marrying soon, sometime.

drugs are NOT something i was fuckin shared with my kids.

[AntarcticaMan81186]

its a reduction of crime reported on paper, NOT necessarily a reduction in

THE FUCKIN STUPID, ANNOYING, ABUSIVE AND REPULSIVE BEHAVIOR.

[AntarcticaMan81186]

Being a drug addict is NOT living a normal life ANYWHERE that i know of

and i am NOT willing to allow drugs to flow freely through my country, unscathed, unquestioned and unchallenged.

[AntarcticaMan81186]

i agree with milton friedman on a LOT of his capitalism ideas, but i dont agree with him on drugs.

[jjmdirector]

i wonder why?

[waterse]

good man. intellectual.

[Morgoth295]

"It frightens everybody else."

Good to know you like a society to be based on fear.

[egapnala65]

On another related video here I have been arguing with a libby who sees nothing wrong with the consensual banging of 4 year olds.

He also wants drugs legalised. Strange how these go together isn't it?

[egapnala65]

Of course, Libertarians like Mary Ruwart and Sean Gabb are both questioning the prohibition of child porn as well as drugs now.

Ruwart argues that the criminalisation of it inflates the price of it and thus provides an incentive for children to be used against their will.

Google "Mary Ruwart Child pornography" and "Sean Gabb Gary Glitter" for details of this next great step of the Libertarian agenda.

Consensual Paedophilia is the ultimate end of Libertarian philosophy as logic demonstrates.

[happyinnanaimo]

He makes perfect sense to me. Remember how effective prohibition was.

[egapnala65]

Yep, 1905, 41,000 tonnes of Opium globally distributed.

Today, less that 10,000 confined to a very small area of the world.

The only people who can't make sense of those figures ae those who want to make a killing out of drug addiction.

[egapnala65]

The war on child porn has also been lost, thankfully Libertarians like Mary Ruwart and Sean Gabb are now arguing that it should be decriminalised.

Ruwart points out that prohibition of child porn increases the price of child performers as well making it a greater incentive for parents to use their kids against their will and that wheras coercion should be criminal,children who choose to freely engage in sexual acts have that right.

Google "Ruwart Child Pornography" and "Sean Gabb Gary Glitter

[girzwald3]

That is beyond disgusting. You are beyond disgusting. I dont have to hope you will burn hell. Cause you will.

[egapnala65]

Yep, and so will every asshole whole believes corporates should be abvle to make shedloads out of drug addiction.

By the way check out the term irony. It is Libertarians who are declaring both the war on drugs and the war on child porn redundant.

I support the prohibition of both myself.

[girzwald3]

Double speak. Out of one side you say thankfully people are trying to decriminalize it. But out of the other side you just said that you support the prohibition of drugs and child porn.

Hypocrite. Liar. Disgusting individual.

[egapnala65]

The word "irony" is a most interesting one you know. Try looking it up sometime.

Are you Mr Garrison from "South Park"? "You go to hell, you go to hell and you die!!"

Never met a redneck before, delighted I'm sure.

[yoshitora2001]

Child porn has nothing to do with decriminalizing drugs. What makes child porn immoral is that children are forced into this against their will. No one is forcing drug users to use drugs against their will. Thus libertarians would support legalizing drugs but oppose child porn. The basic tenant of libertarianism is that you can do whatever you want as long as it doesn't infringe on the rights of others.

[egapnala65]

Well, lets see then, the result of that particular piece of Libertarian bullshit is that wheras the state has no right to stop people turning themselves into thieving junkies, it has thew right to bang people up fro looking at computer images.

In point of fact Pure Libbys would have to argue that wheras the manufacture of cp should remain criminal, the consumption should not be, unless the person consuming it goes on to commit an offence related to it himself.

[egapnala65]

To argue otherwise is to claim that somebody watching footage of a burglary is as responsible for the crime as the burglar which is about as illiberal as it gets.

Which is why, of course, we hear lots of crap about how the "war" on drugs has failed but little about how the war on child pornography is also dying on its feet.

Its pure hypocrisy, bullshit and corporate spin that is governing these ideas, not rationality and logic.

[kosimpson]

Drug use still needs to be demonized whether drugs are legalized or not.

[rolficus]

everyone knows the government controls the drugs and reaks richly from it why do you think the heroin trade has multiplied after 911 when us soldiers moved into afganistan you think they ould have destroyed the crops yet the opisite effect has happened the us governmnt is making alot of money in iraq (oil) and afganistan on the missery of others under the false flag of terrorism

[sagerchatter]

Awesome. And I'm not a drug user. ;)

[baetores]

That's why you still have the reasoning in your head to find it awesome. ;-)

[redskull2006]

even though friedman is against the drug war, i'm definetly against his stance that hard drugs should be sold by the private sector. In my opinion is too much of a capitalist libertarian

[baetores]

If I may ask you; can you imagine a communist or socialist libertarian? Or a theocratic libertarian? Libertarians ARE capitalists.

[redskull2006]

i meant capitalist as in super-capitalist, ie: no outside scrutiny and active regulations on the actions of huge corporations. Complete economic freedom means coroporate giants taking over the lives of everyone else. Freidman wants this.

[karlharleman]

he's not saying drugs are good, he's saying it's better to legalize it rather that keeping it illegal.

[passwordthisasspart2]

Some of the greatest minds the human race have been drug users . Francis Crick was on LSD when he concieved of the double helix for DNA ! Carl Sagan smoked pot regularly !

[result321]

Drugs is BIG BUSINESS controlled by CIA. It has been since the 70th. It generates HUGE FUNDS for "strange" politcal actions. Why has the Opium harvest dramatically increased in Afghanistan since it has been "freed" by the "Noble"?

Read Alfred W McCoy and Daniel Hopsicker. Google Barry Seal.

[TimeWarp66]

Take you conspiracy theories and shove them right up your behind!

[result321]

Only after my "behind" has digested you little ignorant peace of shit :-))

Oopsss, sorry, same attitude like yours.

Excuse me for that :-)

You better start reading, Timewarp66.

And thinking.

Beyond mainstream mess media :-))

BTW have a second thought about your believe systems. Go for the facts.

You are smart enough, young man.

Start de-learning all the propaganda put into you brave heart and brain for years.

Look up the FACTS of history.

[wojtek0000]

i think it was igloo-ization. like in alaska.

[CorollaKing]

Ah, Mr.Friedman you will be missed a voice of reason in an isane world. RON PAUL 2008!

[atrickpay11]

Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich are I believe the only two main candidates who are opposed to the war on drugs.

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Liberals want to be your Mommy.

Conservatives want to be your Daddy.

Libertarians want to treat you like an adult.

[Mizral]

He said 'I am in favour of outright legalization' I am pretty sure.

[CorollaKing]

RON PAUL FOR PRESIDNT in 2008! Will let states choose legalization of drugs

[jneff01]

"I am in favor of outright legalization, I have all along."

That's "outright legalization", not equalization.

[all4right]

He said he was in favor of WHAT? Sounded like equalization" I have all along", what was that word?

[all4right]

He said he was in favor of WHAT? Sounded like equalization" I have all along", what was that word?

[all4right]

He said He is in Favor of what?

It sounded like "equalization", What was it?

[rambo26]

What a great man

freedom must prevail :)

[marshmallowjuice]

I just regret that I never had the opportunity to meet him. He is my hero and champion of freedom. A man who believed in liberty and stuck to his ideals even when no one would listen. It's sad we will no longer be able to hear him talk sense into us and do a little government bashing. Oh well, at least we can watch the reruns on youtube =)

[Micaleth2]

This man was THE greatest economist of our time.

His ideas were way ahead of their time and in todays era are starting to be seen as the path we should have taken from the start.

He left an indelible mark on society and will be greatly missed.

[AChrisL]

Absolutely could not have put it better myself. Modern day Estonia is a prime example.

[pepper123]

Bravo, Professor! Why aren't more people listening to voices of reason such as Herr Friedman? How many more billions will we flush before we wise up?

[ZRoachpuff]

Because no matter how right the voices of reason are, the ones voicing lies and misinformation are always louder, and they prey on the emtoions of the ignorant, who, sadly, outnumber the enlightened. Worse yet, the ignorant and the misinforming are both in the positions of power. In time, I hope, people will understand and learn to think for themselves. Then, and only then, will we come to terms with reality.

[pepper123]

Hey ZRoach: Nicely stated. You are absolutely right. I keep telling every sane person I know that it is imperative to vote. I'm so fucking sick of driving down the interstate and watching K-9 Units mauling every speeding ticket recipient that gets pulled over. The police have become fucking gangsters ever since they were told that they get to keep all cash and property seized in this bullshit drug war.

[econdoc]

If that's the view from his home.... WOW.

[3OleMissBoi3]

he is an economist. I would think that he knows ways to make some cash to buy a nice place.