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Although
the
twomajor
politicalpar
ties
won't
even
discuss
legalization
as
a
means
ofdealing
with
"the
drug
problems,"
there
is
one
presidentialcandidate
on
the
ballot
whoiscallingforlegaliza
tion
of
all
drugs
as
a
major
part
ofhis
campaignplatform.
If
youplan
to
vote
in
the
upcoming
elections,
youshould
read
this
profileof
Ron
Paul,Libertarian
Can
didate
for
president.
B
y
the
lime
youreadthis.the19
88
presidentialelection
will
onlyheafew
week
saway.Ifv
ou're
acannabisconsumer;
votingin
this
electionwillpmbahlvbeoneofthemustdiffi
cultdecisions
YO
U'
H>
evermade.Afterall.thecontendersfrom bothmajorparties
aT
C
callingforanexpanded"Waren
Drugs."However,t
here
isone
candida
tewhowants
10
legalizeAI
..!
.
dru
gs.
HisnameisDr.
Hem
Paul
and
herepresentstheLibertarianParty. Paul's
Hallie
will
appe
aronballots
ill
almostevery
stale.
""
don'tthinkthereshouldbeanylawsoutlawingtheuseof drugs,"saysPaul,5:-("It'salwaysheenamazingtomehow
hypo
criticaltheme
mber
sofCongresshave
IW('I1,
talkingaboutdrugs, andgettingpoliticalbenefit
0
111
oftheissue,givingspeecheson theHU
ISC
n
(
~ o r
aboutharddrugs.whilesomeofthemhavebeen half-inebriatedonalcohol.Ithinkdruglawsarethenumberone reasonwhywehavesomuchcrimeinthiscountry.andifweseri ouslywanttotalkaboutr
edu
cingcrime.wemustgetrillofdrug laws.Thepeoplewho
like
thedruglawsarethepeoplemaking money
off
thedrugs,theMafia-typeorganizations." Hemeansit.Asafour-termH
epuhli
can
Congressmanfrom Texasbetw
een
1976
and
19
84
.Paulvotedagainstallfederalleg islationdesignedtogivegovernmentmorepowertofightdruguse.
"My
votingrecordcouldbecharacterizedasl
ibertar
ian-freemar ket,"he
Si.lYS,
"Ipreferthetermnon-interventionist." InNovember,Paulwillbeonrheballotinatleast
45
stales,and possiblyall50.alongwiththeDi
str
ictofColumbia.ifhallotac
cess
effortsaresuccessful.His
runnin
gmaleisAndreMarron.a one-timeLibertarianstatelegislatorfromAla
ska
,theonlystale
l':
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Greg
Kaza
 
wh
er
eca
nnab
iscultivationislegal.The
party
isproh
ahl
vstrongerinAlaskath
an
anyotherstate.In
1980.
Lib
e
rtar
ian
presidential
candid
ateEdClark,an
atto
rney,garnered12pe-rcentofIIH'vote statewide.
Innu
merou
scommunities,
Clarkoutpulled
[h-mocrat
Jimmy
Curter
andin
de
pendent
JohnAnder
son.In
19B2.
DickR
and
olph,ath
en-Lib
ertarianstate
l
eg
islator,
rece
ive-d1;)
1H'ITent
of
the
vote
intheraceforgovernor.Perhaps
not
coinc-i
de
ntally,
officialsinJuneau,thestate
capit
al.
sometim
es
discusspolitics
over
ajointinst
ead
ofalc
oho
l.
tile
pref
erreddrugofpoliticiansin thelower49.Paule
xpects
toperformw
dl
inAlaskat
his
year.Someparty
offi
cials
prt'
4l
icthewillfinish
second
in
the
s
tate
this
November.
T
el.i
be-
rtariunPartv
has
utt
rart
e-dr-onse-rvati
ves
,
tudirul«.
and
lilu-rals.
Itsplatformis
a
sweeping
iudic-tnu-nto!
gO
H'rJI4
ment.
A11
go
vern
ments.
I
.ihcrta
riuns
i.ldYlwlI!t'
c-i
vi
I1
lx-rt
ir-
...
inp
er
sonal
af
fairs.
aluis
....
(·z-fa
il"l"
sys
te-m
ill
the
l·('
OIlOlll
i('
realm
andanon-inn-rveutionistforeignpoli(·y.Tllt'ysuppcuttilt'aboli tionof
victim
less
crimelaws
re-g
ula
ting
dru
gs,
/!
.
ll
l1
hlillj!.P
0I'l10
4
graphv,
pr
usfitutionund
sexual
pr
ef
e-n-n
cv
.
Tlwy
ud
vocun
elimination
of
federal
ft'g'ulatnry
a g :
t
'
I J ( ' i l
' ~
....
uch
;j,.;
tilt"EP
:\
.
~
'
(
:C.
FTC.ICC
and
( )
~
H
: \
.
T
l w ~
'
ulso
c-a
ll
fur
L '
~
witlul
filW
'll
[nun
:'lATO
and
other
milit
ar
y
all
iune
-e-s
,
and
all
end
10
draft
n-ai
stra
lion.as
well
as
theabolitionof
lilt'
FBIand
tlu-
C1
.\.
\\'ashill
J!
lollwould
bec-ome
a
ghostto
w
n
tinder
aLibertariana
dministru
tion.
"Thisisa
ver
yi
nte
n-stingquestion:'Paulresp
ond
sgood-nu
tur
edlv,w
hen
askedwhichfederalagencyhewouldabolishfirst. "Inmanywaysitisa
tough
ques
tion
f
or
11)(
'
he-c-a
use
then'
are
somanygovernmentagencies
I
wouldliketoaholjsh."Libert
ar
ianshappily
ref
er
tothe
abo
litionofagenciesas"pushi
ng:
t
he
button."Paul'spersonalprefe
ren
c-esare
the
IRSand
Federal
ReserveSvs
t
em
."As
lungasthelongarmofthe
~ o \ ' t
..
rnm
en
t
tax
collector
i-,
ho
\ ' C
r i n
~
O\erus.nul'liberties
are
th
reaten
t.(I.
...
hesays.Paulwo
uld
alsopushth
t.'
hutton
O
il
theDEA.
"I
don'tknnwof anyreasontoha"eil.-hesays.Thep
arty
'splatform;
-u
lvo(:it
h's
~ t
l
J t >
repeal
ofalllaws
p
r o h
i h i t i n
~
thepmdlldion.
sa
le.possession
or
useof
d r
l l
~
s
.
andofallnwdi('alpres
cr
iptiollreq
uirenu
'lllsfin'Ihe pllI'chast'ofvitamins.drugs.andsimilarsubslan
ces
:'Incas('you werewond
erin
g.Libert
ar
ianswouldalso
pus
hthebutton
011
the
FDA.
"'TIlt'
ease
a ~ a
i n s t
o
u t
l a w i
n ~
nar
eoti('and
ha
l l u
e
i
no ~
c
l l
i
(
'
dm
gsisfar
, \ ' (
~ a k
t ' r
thanthe
( ' a ~ e
ag
ainst
Prohihition.anexpt.riment which
the
~
r j s l y
era
ofthe:
19
20
s
hashop('fullydis
cr
ed
itedforall times."Dr.1lurrayH
othh
anlarg
ues
inhishook
ForANewUberty.
Ro
thh
,,"1i!'someti
mes
(·alle(ltlleKarl
~ I
a n
ofl
i
herta
ria
nism.
Hishookisn·quirt·d
r e a d i l l
~
forpartyaeti\'ists."Forwhile
nareu
tiesareun
doubtt
·tllymoreharmfu
llh
allis
aleo
hol.thelaltt"r
(
',
11\
also
he
harmf
ul.andoutlawillg!'omethinghe
cau
seitmayharmthe ust'rIt
'ad
sstrai/!htdownthe
l o
~
i c a l
~a
n
l ( ,
1 1
p
ath
10
our
totalitarian
e
a ~
e ,
wherepeopleareprnhihi
led
fromeati
nv;
candy
and
fon'l'dto cat
y
o ~ u
r
t
'forIheirown
~o u
d . '
lIowe\,(r.inthefarmoreimposin
g:
argunwnt
c ( l J
l ( '
t - '
m
i
n ~
harmItloth
ers
.akHholislllueh
m
o n
~
li
kdy
tole
ad
tn(
·rime.
autoae('i
den
ts.etc.,thannareoties:whiehren
dt'r
t
he
userpreternaturallyp('acdul
and
passiH".Tlwrt,is.of course.a\'t'ry
s t r o
n ~
(
'UI1IH·(
·tionhetwt·t·1lad
diction
and
('ri
me.
hutthe('o(1flectionisthe
r f ' ,
' e r . ~ e
ofany
ar
/;!:lIm
ent
forprohibition.Crimesan'('ommittetl
h
~
'
ad
die
ts
dr
i
wn
toth
dt
hyth
e-
h
i ~ h
p
riee
of
d
r u
~
s
(·alls(·dbythenutlawryitself!If
1l
1.1T
cotieswefClegal.the stlpplywould
/;!:
rt'allyincn'ase,Ihehigh('ostsHfblackma
rkd
sandpolicepayoffswoulddisa
ppea
r,andtheprieewo
uld
helow enoughtoe1illlinalt>mosladd
id-e
aused
erin
w."
HIGH
TIMES·
33
Tilt'
libertarianoppositiontodruglawsistwofold.
Fir
st.they
O
P P O ~ t ·
drug
lawson
moral
grou
nds
.
A
cen
tral
tenetof
I
ibertariun
isml'xplain{dhy
Hothbanl
isthat("
Tr
ypcrstmistheownerof theirownhodyS(·
e-o
IHll
y.li
bcrt
ariunsutilizean
f'('(JflOmic
argu
ment
toshowthaidruglaws
c-reate
scan
'ityhy
artif
iciallyrestrict ingsupply.
drivinglip
pric('sand
c-rentiuga
lucra
tive
mar
ket
for
criminal
dementsto
e-
xploit.Legalize
drugs.
ar
gues
R
othb
ard.
an
econ
omist.andpri
ces
willfall.eliminating thee
nor
mousprofits.'·1
sup
port
theabolitionofdruglawsfortworeasons,"Paul
sa
ys.
"OJH',
lilt'
govcmrn
eu
t
shoul
dn't
haw
the
right
to
tell
people
what
10
(10with
the-ir
own
bodi
es.
Two.
drug
lawsdon't
work
.
Oneisa mural
argument.
TIlt'
s
eco
nd
isan
economic
po
....
irion."
Had
itnot
bcenfor
Richard
Nixon.
rln-
Libertarian
Party
pro
ha
hlv
would
not
exist.
I
II
A
I J
~
l J
s I
1971.
Nixon
impos
edwage-and-pric-e
con
trols
onthe
Ame-ri
c-an
("(
·ollomy.Withindays.a
s
mallgroup
of
Colorado
li
bcrtarinns
we-r
em
ee
ting
ill
Den
ver
to
disc
uss
forming
athird
political
party.
The
ir
dec-i
sion
,..
asnuta
diffi
cult
o
ne
.Vi
etna
m.
which
libertariansopposed,wasraging,andaIull
-scu
lcc-rack down
011
civilliberti
es
hat!
OCC
UlTed
under
Nixon.Furli
berta
r
iaus.
wagc-a
nd
-pr
iee
c-ontrolswe-re
thestrawthat
br
ok
e
the(
'amt
,rS
luu-k.
They
s t a
~ wd
their
first
nationa
l
conventio
n
inJuly
1972,
011
till'same
wee-k
end
theWater
f;!:
ate
bre
ak
-in
U('('lIITe(1in
\\
'ashingt(lIl. .lohuHo
....
pcr
s,theLibertarianParty'sfirstcandidateforpreei
d
ent.
gnrn
ercd
onlv.).()()O
votesintwostates
that
year.ButHoger
J\1a('B
ridt·.
11
prcsi
dent
iul
elect
orpl('dged
10
Nixon.desertedthe Hcpuhln-ansand
eas
thiselectoralvote forHos
pers
1.lIHI
'Ionic
Nathan.hisrunningmalt'.(Natha
n"'"
electora
lvoteprece-
ded
bymore t
han
adt'
eade
the\'tllt
>:,-
cast
furDemo
cr
atL
era
ldineFerraroin
19
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l.
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t
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the
only
wo
men
inA
mer
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han-
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elt
'cloral,"oltS.
t
Ho!'pt.rs.a
p h
i
l o s
o
p h
~
'
professor.lall·rgainednotorietylj,r
ano
lhern'ason.In
19HU.Ihl'US
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ally
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eein
'd
almo
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ieto
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edbytheLibert
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Amforitleft a comment

I am for legalizing pot. I believe it would have a snowball effect. Jobs would be generated to process it. Income tax from those jobs. Sales tax. Smoke shops would increase sales. Another issue is these men who are in jail/prison because they sold pot. I would love to know how many there are. Those men could be out and be an asset to sociality. Paying taxes instead of costing tax payer money. It would generate money for good free rehab centers. There are people who lost a good job because of Random drug test. Or people who wants to smoke but loses out because of the fear in losing their jobs. This year when I vote for President, you bet it will be the one who most likely will be for legalizing Pot.
06 / 03 / 2008
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petrifiedhippyleft a comment

""""""""if we can tax it then sure i'm down for it. i would love to have it legalized"""""""" said rawsaiderica.... Dealers can go to any IRS Office to BUY TAX STAMPS for their ?? stash, loot, shipment.... yes marijuana can easily be taxed, I recommend it, because you can be busted on tax evasion for not securing your marijuana! It's true.
04 / 22 / 2008
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neishaleft a comment

to eric dec 25, 2007-harvard-why would you say all those things about something you obviously have no clue about? i'm not saying pot is good for everyone but some people really need it to live their daily lives. i'm 30 yrs old and i've smoked pot almost every day since i was 14. i have bipolar disorder and crohns disease. i also have a beautiful daughter and a husband who i love very much but life for us is very hard. pot calms me down and allows me to function normally. i'm sure it's cause i've smoked for so long but it really helps for alot of reasons. i smoked cigarettes for 12 years and i'm so glad i stopped spring of 2004. that's what was bad for me!!! thank you-neisha from pa
04 / 22 / 2008
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SUGGA_M0MMAleft a comment

pot aint a drug. it dont do **** but get you high. you can still funtion on it. and the only reason why it is illigal is cuz they cant tax it. same with prostitution. it isnt controled by the government so its not aloud. i say **** the government. im toke up all day and not pay taxes on it. suck on that.
04 / 07 / 2008
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GOOD FELLOW 17left a comment

ALRITE THE WAY I LOOK AT IT IS WE ALL NEED TO QUIT ******** ABOUT POT. SURE THERE SHOULD BE A TAX ON IT AND A SERITN AGE AT WICH U CAN SMOKE POT. WE WASTE TO MUCH TIME, MONEY, AND EFFORT TRYING TO PUT STONERS IN JAIL, OR SET UP REHAB PROGRAMS FOR SMOKERS. THEIR IS NO POSSIBLE WAY TO GET ADDICTED TO WEED I DONT CARE WHAT U SAY. I HAVE NEVER NOT BEEN ABLE TO FUNCTION OFF O WEED NO MATTER HOW MUCH I SMOKED. I CAN ASSURE U I I KEPT ON DRINKING I COULDNT DO **** AND THAT IS LEGAL. IF THEY WHERE TO LEGALIZE POT THE PEOPLE WOULD GO CRAZY AND DO OTHER SUPID THINGS AND SOME WOULD DIE. LIKE THE OTHER COMMENT IF SOMEONE TELLS U NOT TO DO SOMETHING IT MAKES U CURIOUS TO DO IT. IF ITS ALWAYS THERE THEN ITS WEEL WE CAN DO THAT ANYTIME. LEGALIZE MARIJUANA IT WILL SAVE ALOT OF ******* BULLSHI. GO RON PAUL!!!!!!
02 / 03 / 2008
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