Difference between revisions of "Drug Legalization"
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| − | {{DES | des = Long before libertarians advocated legalizing drugs, liberals advocated legalizing drugs. The difference is how they would be legalized: libertarians want unregulated drugs, and liberals want drugs regulated from a [[Public Health|public health]] viewpoint. | show=}} | + | [[Category:Health Care]] |
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| + | {{DES | des = Long before libertarians advocated legalizing drugs, liberals advocated legalizing drugs. The difference is how they would be legalized: libertarians want unregulated drugs, and liberals want drugs regulated from a [[Public Health|public health]] viewpoint by organizations such as the FDA. | show=}} | ||
Libertarians have no answer for the simple problem of selling unlabelled narcotic candy to your children in any store. While they may tut-tut, they have no way of justifying a regulation against it. They may claim they will teach their children not to take those drugs, but they will have all the success that parents have always had with tobacco, alcohol and other drugs. If they are able to determine which soda has cocaine, which sports drinks have speed, which candy has opiates, etc. Remember, no required labels. | Libertarians have no answer for the simple problem of selling unlabelled narcotic candy to your children in any store. While they may tut-tut, they have no way of justifying a regulation against it. They may claim they will teach their children not to take those drugs, but they will have all the success that parents have always had with tobacco, alcohol and other drugs. If they are able to determine which soda has cocaine, which sports drinks have speed, which candy has opiates, etc. Remember, no required labels. | ||
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And for all their talk, libertarians do very little to promote drug legalization. The major player in drug legalization is the [http://www.drugpolicy.org Drug Policy Alliance], an alliance of mostly liberal groups which prefer a public health viewpoint.. | And for all their talk, libertarians do very little to promote drug legalization. The major player in drug legalization is the [http://www.drugpolicy.org Drug Policy Alliance], an alliance of mostly liberal groups which prefer a public health viewpoint.. | ||
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