Archive for June 2nd, 2011

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Jun

A Real Global Drug-Policy Breakthrough, or a Global Tax Setup?

Hard to know what to make of this sudden elite “epiphany” on the futility of criminalizing the consumption of certain disapproved substances by adults. After all, it has been articulated for years by many principled, patriotic, sane, thoughtful, credible people, notably recently by Ron Paul (to wild applause, in SOUTH CAROLINA). Is it a global tax-grab to save the world’s nations from their self-inflicted mortal financial wounds, or a reacharound to soften us up for something even worse?