Given that most people agree that the drug war has failed to achieve its supposed purpose after decades of warfare, an important question arises: Why is the drug war still being waged, especially when we consider all the collateral damage that this federal program has produced? Hasn’t the time arrived for Americans to demand an immediate end to the war on drugs? Let’s first consider the concept of freedom. There is no way to reconcile drug laws with the principles of a free society. Under basic principles of freedom, a person has the fundamental right to live his life in … Continue reading Why Is There a Totalitarian Drug War?