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Why Libertarians Should Strongly Object to Drug Legalization

Freidman said when what other people do affects a third party, then the law has a role. Mill said that as soon as a person’s conduct prejudicially effects the interests of others, the State has jurisdiction over it. Does outlawing methamphetamine pass Friedman’s most basic test? With tears in their eyes, the family of Nikky Green would say that it does

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The Homeless Problem - Is it the Symptom or the Disease?

Is it plausible that scores of people were taking a dump in the street for generations completely unnoticed or that public defecation was as much a part of the 1980’s as the Cold War, acid washed jeans, and break dancing? Or is it more likely that the levels of drug addiction and psychosis have recently dramatically increased due to some new external cause.

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Major Revision Starting in January

Hope you all will follow along as we work to advance law enforcement. This will be a master class in legal training for officers and prosecutors.

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When is Probable Cause “Stale?”

[P]robable cause becomes “stale” simply when the information is so old that there is no longer a fair probability that the evidence is in the particular location.

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An Angel’s Gift to the World

Abigail’s book is not simply a great work for a young person, but a great book in and of itself. I feel blessed that my daughter and I were able to benefit from Abigail’s imagination, creativity, and talent …

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A Tale of One City

And the irony hit me like a punch – here we are, traveling to Washington D.C. to tell lawmakers that the existence of drug law and the enforcement thereof will make our communities noticeably safer …but the single greatest example of the visible devastation caused by reducing drug laws and the enforcement thereof was our nation’s capital itself.

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