Difference between revisions of "Drug Legalization"
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[[Category:Ideas Libertarians Do Not Own]] | [[Category:Ideas Libertarians Do Not Own]] | ||
[[Category:Drugs, Gambling and Sex]] | [[Category:Drugs, Gambling and Sex]] | ||
− | [[Category:Health Care]] | + | [[Category:Health Care|100]] |
[[Category:Deregulation]] | [[Category:Deregulation]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Public Health Approach]] | ||
[[Category:Harms Of Libertarian Policies]] | [[Category:Harms Of Libertarian Policies]] | ||
{{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 Approach]] by organizations such as the FDA. | show=}} | {{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 Approach]] by organizations such as the FDA. | show=}} | ||
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Decades of experience with [[Public Health|public health]] approaches to regulating alcohol and tobacco show that consumption and disease due to consumption can be greatly reduced. | Decades of experience with [[Public Health|public health]] approaches to regulating alcohol and tobacco show that consumption and disease due to consumption can be greatly reduced. | ||
− | 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. And some drugs (especially marijuana) are being legalized without electing libertarians. Libertarians are not needed. |
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