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Episode 181: A Brief Survey of the Opium Trade in America
by Peter R. Quiñones | Nov 14, 2018 | Blog, Free Man Beyond the Wall
68 Minutes Suitable for All Ages After Mance released his recent episode with Dr. Mark Thornton of the Mises Institute detailing the Opioid Crisis in America, he was contacted by former professional BMX rider, and opioid user, Jason Perz. Not only has Jason overcome...
Episode 169: The Opioid Crisis Exposed By Mises Senior Fellow Dr. Mark Thornton
by Peter R. Quiñones | Oct 17, 2018 | Blog, Free Man Beyond the Wall
43 Minutes Suitable for All Ages Mance welcomes Senior Mises Institute Fellow Dr. Mark Thornton to the show. Dr. Thornton recently gave a talk at the Mises Institute Supporters Summit on the opioid crisis that is plaguing the United States. Dr. Thornton lays out a...
10/31/17 Mark Thornton explains why ending heroin prohibition will solve America’s opiate crisis
by Damon Hatheway | Oct 31, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show
Mark Thornton returns to the show to discuss his latest articles for the Mises Institute "The Real Cause of America's Opioid Epidemic" and "Big Pharma Makes Drugs that Please Regulators, Not Customers." Thornton makes the case for why legalizing heroin—and all...
10/31/17 Mark Thornton explains why ending heroin prohibition will solve America's opiate crisis
by Damon Hatheway | Oct 31, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show
Mark Thornton returns to the show to discuss his latest articles for the Mises Institute "The Real Cause of America's Opioid Epidemic" and "Big Pharma Makes Drugs that Please Regulators, Not Customers." Thornton makes the case for why legalizing heroin—and all...
DEA Whistleblower: Opioid Crisis Fueled by Congress and Drug Companies for Profit
by James Holbrooks | Oct 18, 2017 | Blog
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. Following the publication of a pair of reports that shed light on the role Donald Trump’s pick for drug czar, Representative Tom Marino, played in fuelling the opioid crisis, Marino withdrew his name from...
Drug Overdose Deaths, 2016: Casualties of War
by Thomas L. Knapp | Jun 12, 2017 | Blog
Drug overdose is now the leading cause of death among Americans under 50, the New York Times‘s Josh Katz reports. In 2016, overdoses claimed somewhere between 59,000 and 65,000 lives. That’s more American lives than were lost in the Vietnam war. It’s 20 times the...
Reverse Gateway Drug: Opioid Deaths Plummeting in States with Legal Weed
by James Holbrooks | Mar 29, 2017 | Blog
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. As Attorney General Jeff Sessions continues to lament what he views as a blight on society, a new study is showing that states with medical marijuana programs are seeing drastic reductions in opioid-related...
Congress Just Punched a Big Hole in Obamacare
by John Graham | Dec 21, 2016 | Economics, Featured Articles
President Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act on December 13. Promoted as a pro-innovation bill, the new law will improve the Food and Drug Administration’s regulatory processes; as well as fund Vice-President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot, the National Institutes of...
Drug Wars Today
by Scott Horton | Dec 20, 2016 | Blog
What fun. U.S. Senator Joe Manchin: "We need to declare a war on drugs." Sen. Joe Manchin's solution for West Virginia's opioid epidemic: "We need to declare a war on drugs" https://t.co/2o0uOoKYz1 — The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) December 20, 2016 Walker asks Trump to...
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Military Conscription is Slavery: Woodrow Wilson Edition
By the guidelines set down by the Selective Service Act, all males aged 21 to 30 were required to register to potentially be selected for military service. At the request of the War Department, Congress amended the law in August 1918 to expand the age range to include...
The Capitalist Competition Myth
Capitalism involves far more cooperation than competition—think of the number of mutually beneficial transactions you’ve had today compared to the number of competitions you’ve been in today - Chris Freiman, author of Why It's OK to Ignore Politics Democratic...
Blame Mexico? Blame Neocons! Blame Big Pharma! Blame the USA!
ABC News: If fentanyl is so deadly, why do drug dealers use it to lace illicit drugs? I have an alternative explanation. America has been fighting endless wars almost the entire century. Many have come home from these never-ending wars with injuries and pains. Doctors...
My Testimony Before the Maine State Senate
In support of Ld 1054, Defend the Guard legislation: Thank you all so much for the opportunity to testify before your committee today. Today is the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Iraq War II. The consensus now is that we should not have done it. Iraq was not...
These Iraq War Supporters Are Still in Congress
On March 19, 2003 the United States began its military invasion of Iraq. The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq passed Congress in October 2002, with 296 congressmen and 77 senators voting in favor of giving President George W. Bush carte blanche...
Laci Green is Wrong: Democratic Competition vs. Free Market Competition
In environments where there's a lot of competition, people tend to lie out their ass and you can apply this to any competitive situation. Take capitalism. As industrialization took full effect, the Federal Government had to interfere because there was so much false...
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