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“ Raised by an irresponsible mother during the Great Depression in the Jim Crow south, my father was on his own from the age of 13. ”

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The war on drugs is wrong, both tactically and morally. It assumes that people are too stupid, too reckless, and too irresponsible to decide whether and under what conditions to consume drugs. The war on drugs is morally bankrupt.

~ Larry Elder

Once brave politicians and others explain the war on drugs' true cost, the American people will scream for a cease-fire. Bring the troops home, people will urge. Treat drugs as a health problem, not as a matter for the criminal justice system.

~ Larry Elder

America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the government stays out of the way and lets individuals take risks and reap rewards or accept the consequences of failure. We call this capitalism - or, at least, we used to.

~ Larry Elder

Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.

~ Larry Elder