Dear Colleagues, For the past forty years, the Libertarian Party has called for the repeal of Drug Prohibition. A few days ago, an interview with reform advocate Jeffery Miron was published in Der Spiegel. It's a great article -- it touches on all of the major reasons why Prohibition can no longer be justified by anyone who is willing to look at the cost.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/harvard-economist-jeffrey-miron-on-why-drugs-should-be-legalized-a-886289.html Libertarians believe the so-called "War on Drugs" is in reality a war on the American people, our Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. We deplore the suffering that drug misuse has brought about; however, drug prohibition is more dangerous than drugs themselves. Drug Prohibition is a grave threat to individual liberty, to domestic order and to peace in the world; furthermore, it has provided a rationale by which the power of the state has been expanded to restrict greatly our right to privacy and to be secure in our homes. The Libertarian Party specifically condemns the use of "profiles" as sufficient to satisfy the probable cause requirement of the Fourth Amendment, the use of "civil asset forfeiture" to reduce the standard of proof historically borne by government in prosecutions, and the use of military forces for civilian law enforcement as an exception to the Posse Comitatus Act which forbids this practice. The Libertarian Party calls for the repeal of all laws establishing criminal or civil penalties for the use of drugs and of "anti-crime" measures restricting individual rights to be secure in our persons, homes, and property; limiting our rights to keep and bear arms; or vote. End Drug Prohibition Now. Vote Libertarian. Join us. http://Join.LPVA.com/ Vote for us. Run with us. http://Campaign.LPVA.com/ ********************************************************* Have an article you'd like to suggest to your fellow Libertarians in Virginia? Send a link to <communicati...@lpva.com> and a brief summary of its appeal to a Libertarian audience, and we will consider it for distribution. ********************************************************* Any position statements in the message above either quote or summarize current or past Libertarian Party platform language. ********************************************************* ############################################################# Have an announcement you'd like to post? SCC members & many committee heads are all authorized to post; or you may send your announcements to the List Master: <webmas...@lpva.com> <mailto:webmas...@lpva.com?subject=Announcement>. ############################################################# Unsubscribe: Send an email to sts...@lpva.com with no subject and "Unsubscribe Announce" as the text. ############################################################# Libertarian Party of Virginia http://www.LPVA.com Phone: 703-715-6230 ############################################################# Want to see past messages? Check the Archive: http://www.Mail-Archive.com/announce@lpva.com/ #############################################################
