Comments on: Milton Friedman on Drugs, Limited Government

By: fladave

fladave — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:15:58 +0000

sorry bout spelling havent had to much sleep but 1 more bite to chew on, and i speak from experience, i’m sure a lot of you can relate, a have hade a serious back injury, consiquintly a surgery, resulting in permanant nerve damage.
now im not special i am like many who live with pain, point being i have used illicit drugs and my rx’s percocet,oxycodone,etc no difference..one is legal, one isnt. prob is big bro cant make $$$$ and have control.After all we all dont have a pfizer t.m. lab out back!!

By: fladave

fladave — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:05:07 +0000

if leagal, and somehow controled, then taxed wow… lets see alcohol related deaths everyday, how many die from phil morris??? if the govt. could reg. it, tax it, basically control the situation they would legalize,,,but weeds are hard to kill…by the way how many other hallucinagenic NATURAL things there are out there makes ya wonder???

By: fladave

fladave — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:57:33 +0000

if a trial of legality were put in effect, taxes, growth control, manufacture oversight etc. still in effect government control just on the other side would the bad stigmas goaway? pesonaly i say let a man drink a couple glasses of bleach or arsenic for that matter..if someone wants to die who are we to judge? remember fly as high as you like, over your house or the statosphere, just fly straight…fast as you want in the right place but do it right…..i work with a very large group of stoners we do hazurdous jobs daily but they do them well.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:13:33 +0000

One thing to consider is that neither Reagan, nor the Democratic congress during his presidency agreed with Friedman on this topic. If they had, we might have a freer, wealthier and safer country now.

By: westsan

westsan — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:47:38 +0000

>With all due respect, quite the contrary. His policies are not pro or anti-black. They are simply pro-liberty and color-blind.

Hahaha - yeah, thats what I meant = same thing, duh.

By: speedmaster

speedmaster — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:45:06 +0000

>>Nonetheless, I cannot figure how while his personal sentiment seems to be pro black and proletariat… his policies
>> demonstrate anti-black, anti-proletariat results.

With all due respect, quite the contrary. His policies are not pro or anti-black. They are simply pro-liberty and color-blind.

By: westsan

westsan — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:14:14 +0000

Mark>>

Im just pointing out [results] as opposed to [principles]
as demonstrated by the Reagan administration (however half-ass it may have been).

Although I am “AfAm” I am trying to be objective.
I think it would help everybody with Whites as consumers of drugs and Blacks as distributors of the drug (–despite that drugs sell themselves; they don’t really need any marketing).

By: Abraham

Abraham — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:55:56 +0000

You may quibble with one or two points that Friedman makes, but his essential points are sound. In fact, he is a douchebag in many respects.

But the resources sunk into the War on Drugs is collosal. And it hasn’t worked for decades. The war is infinite, you never win.

The ONLY way to change this is for average people (and the masses of other idiots who couldn’t give a shit about anything) to vote for a true leader and not a liar in 2008.

Do NOT vote for a Mainstream candidate in 2008, unless they show true leadership as articulated by Friedman.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:27:58 +0000

Westan, could you elaborate a bit more? According to world human rights organizations, a third of young black men are in prison in America, and the majority are in for drug offenses. Friedman’s policy of limited government (i.e., ending the war on drugs), is especially good for the black population, though we would all benefit.

By: westsan

westsan — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:15:05 +0000

Absolutely amazing. Fabulous content. Thank you.

Nonetheless, I cannot figure how while his personal sentiment seems to be pro black and proletariat… his policies demonstrate anti-black, anti-proletariat results.

His failure to mention/address the a “Collective Profiteering” for the greater good (Mahayana) as in Japan in his theory of “The Drift toward Collectivism” and why [Open Mind vid] is also a major err of thought.