Episode 58. The War on Drugs Is a War on Freedom

Show Notes:

Episode 58. The War on Drugs Is a War on Freedom

Alex Ooley discusses an article by David Gordon and a book by Laurence Vance called The War on Drugs is a War on Freedom.

Resources:

The War on Drugs is a War on Freedom:
https://mises.org/library/war-drugs-war-freedom

Electronic Frontier Foundation:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/10/peekaboo-i-see-you-government-uses-authority-meant-terrorism-other-uses

Patriot Act Used for Drug War:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/patriot-act-used-to-fight-more-drug-dealers-than-terrorists/2011/09/07/gIQAcmEBAK_blog.html

https://nymag.com/news/9-11/10th-anniversary/patriot-act/

https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/10/patriot-act-warrants-used-more-drugs-terrorism/

The Conservative Drug War Creed:
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2018/06/laurence-m-vance/the-conservative-drug-war-creed/
FISA Courts:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Court

Related Forge of Freedom episodes:

Episode 3. The Forge of Freedom – The War on Drugs - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivj3cL7O7B8&list=PL6_liiJJ_k4OeOjgXa1hiD_eyrpiwDf3r&index=53

Episode 14. The Forge of Freedom – Positive & Negative Rights - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkPhL_mZeA4

Episode 22. Vices Are Not Crimes - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2hSo46J3NU

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