tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post127491751660707708..comments2024-01-10T17:36:15.040-07:00Comments on The Lippard Blog: Legalize pot and tax the crap out of itLippardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16826768452963498005noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-67936580205015318332009-06-18T00:27:19.121-07:002009-06-18T00:27:19.121-07:00Go one step further: make drug trade a government ...Go one step further: make drug trade a government monopoly—then it would be as dead as Amtrak and the US Postal service ;)Ktisophiloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16718156076583190052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-70635852046875629722009-03-05T22:16:00.000-07:002009-03-05T22:16:00.000-07:00Glenn Beck describes himself as a "libertarian", h...Glenn Beck describes himself as a "libertarian", huh?<BR/><BR/>He's a libertarian like Britney Spears is an intellectual.Einzigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-82711997981289678632009-03-05T21:46:00.000-07:002009-03-05T21:46:00.000-07:00Did you see the Glenn Beck interview with Rob Kamp...Did you see the Glenn Beck interview with Rob Kampia of the Marijuana Policy Project? (Transcript here: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,500965,00.html ). All sorts of stupid. Check out the video; you get to see all of Beck's juvenile facial expressions.epehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03763667068779117019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-50210373604849844212009-03-03T18:41:00.000-07:002009-03-03T18:41:00.000-07:00Oops, of course, you're right. Friedman also made...Oops, of course, you're right. <BR/><BR/>Friedman also made a good case that the FDA stands for "Frustrating Drug Advancement", because this bureaucracy holds up life-saving drugs. This is because the bureaucrats will be pilloried if a someone dies from a drug they approve, but they are far less likely to get into trouble if even thousands die because they didn't receive a drug they held back, since it's far harder to prove a negative. <BR/><BR/>Thus he argued that the only solution is abolition of the FDA, since replacing the personnel would as useless as demanding <A HREF="http://www.johnlatour.com/barking_cats.htm" REL="nofollow">Barking Cats</A> as long as the incentives were unchanged.Ktisophiloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16718156076583190052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-57278226429427479882009-03-03T16:35:00.000-07:002009-03-03T16:35:00.000-07:00I think you mean his case against prohibition--he ...I think you mean his case against prohibition--he favored legalization. Yes, I think he makes good arguments.Lippardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16826768452963498005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-89855442844062410052009-03-03T16:28:00.000-07:002009-03-03T16:28:00.000-07:00Do you support Milton Friedman's case against lega...Do you support Milton Friedman's case against legalizing drugs, <A HREF="http://www.druglibrary.org/special/friedman/prohibition_and_drugs.htm" REL="nofollow">made as long ago as 1972</A>?Ktisophiloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16718156076583190052noreply@blogger.com