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Blogs Liberty and Power End the War on Drugs

Dec 15, 2012

End the War on Drugs

by Liberty and Power

Barack Obama can accomplish significant good for this country by ending drug prohibition. He has won a new term and no longer has to appease the drug warriors. This film Breaking the Taboo does a very good job of explaining why that is the right thing to do.