The government’s role should be to inform and protect, not to dominate and dictate. When laws like the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 go beyond mandating accurate labeling and instead criminalize individuals for making personal choices about what they consume or produce, we’ve crossed a dangerous line as Americans. Rather than providing a…
Heroin and Alcohol: One is a deadly, brain-rotting, violence-inducing poison. The other comes from a seed pod. If you’re a regular visitor of antiprohibit.org, you’ll know that we believe that drug prohibition isn’t compatible with American ideals. The most obvious of which are self-determinism, manifest destiny, personal liberty, bodily autonomy, and privacy. It has become…
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was founded in 1973 under the guise of fighting drug trafficking and abuse. But after more than 50 years, trillions of dollars, and millions of arrests, drug markets remain as strong as ever. If the DEA were to succeed in its mission, it would eventually put itself out of a…