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Joined: 4/3/2004 From: Louisville, Ky Status: offline
Movement for Freedom is a group aimed towards increasing individual freedom of Americans. The Movement for Freedom wants to allow Americans the right to do as they please in their own homes. As of today the U.S. government can control what you do to your own body within the confides of your very own living room. Movement for Freedom promotes the idea of live and let live: the freedom to do as you please so long as you are not infringing upon the rights of others.
Drug prohibition does more to make Americans unsafe than any other factor. Just as alcohol prohibition gave us Al Capone and the mafia, drug prohibition has given us the Crips, the Bloods and drive-by shootings. Consider the historical evidence: America's murder rate rose nearly 70% during alcohol prohibition, but returned to its previous levels after prohibition ended. Now, since the War on Drugs began, America's murder rates have doubled. The cause/effect relationship is clear. Prohibition is putting innocent lives at risk.
What's more, drug prohibition also inflates the cost of drugs, leading users to steal to support their high priced habits. It is estimated that drug addicts commit 25% of all auto thefts, 40% of robberies and assaults, and 50% of burglaries and larcenies. Prohibition puts your property at risk. Finally, nearly one half of all police resources are devoted to stopping drug trafficking, instead of preventing violent crime. The bottom line? By ending drug prohibition Libertarians would double the resources available for crime prevention, and significantly reduce the number of violent criminals at work in your neighborhood.
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Don''''t be too proud of this technological terror you''''ve constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of Big Oil.
Not to mention the fact that our prisons are overflowing with nonviolent drug offenders. As a taxpayer I am tired of paying the rediculous amount of money it costs to keep these people in jail(28k per year per person). Im not saying we should just let everyone have drugs, but something has to change
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