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Prohibiting Prohibition: It’s High Time

Posted on October 13, 2013, 10:58 pm, by Jack L. B. Gohn, under The Big Picture.

We need to stop this insanity. Drugs are bad, but the War on Drugs is far worse. We should repeal this Prohibition as we did the last one. It really is beyond sane debate. The War has accomplished nothing good, and made many bad things worse.

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Spring Cleaning

Posted on January 6, 2013, 10:52 pm, by Jack L. B. Gohn, under The Big Picture.

Time to rid ourselves of some laws that block up the hallways of our national home and impede the country’s progress. I have three that I would suggest hauling away.

Tags: 21 USC 812, accepted medical application, cloture, cloture rule, constitutional option, drug abuse, drug use, filibuster, incarceration, judicial nominees, marijuana, marijuana prohibition, medical marijuana, militia fantasy, National Guard, Newtown, nuclear option, Pentagon, potential for abuse, Prohibition, recreational drug, reserves, Rule XXII, Schedule 1 controlled substance, Second Amendment, security of a free State, Senate, spring cleaning, U.S. armed forces, U.S. Senate, well-regulated Militia
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