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August 08, 2008

Outlawing cigarettes: Beginning another hopeless drug war?
By Harvey Silverglate

Dear readers: Trust me. I’m a long-time criminal defense and civil liberties lawyer, and I’m telling you that the “war on drugs” has been an abysmal and wholly destructive failure. Not only has it been responsible for the erosion of myriad provisions of the Bill of Rights, but this “war” has made it significantly more difficult for those interested in promoting healthy practices, especially among the young, to speak with credibility and persuasiveness on the dangers of abusing both lawful and illegal drugs.

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December 20, 2007

Drug Warriors on Steroids
By Wendy Kaminer
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Wendy Kaminer

One lesson of baseball’s latest doping scandal sure to be overlooked is the utter ineffectiveness of prohibition in curbing drug abuse. Indeed, compelling evidence that “widespread” use of steroids and other performance enhancers has been undeterred by their illegality has persuaded Congress to pass more laws against them.

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Outlawing cigarettes: Beginning another hopeless drug war?
Published 8/8/2008 by Harvey Silvergate
Dear readers: Trust me. I’m a long-time criminal defense and civil liberties lawyer, and I’m telling you that the “war...

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Gagging criminal defendants
Published 4/19/2008 by Harvey Silverglate
We’ve written about prior restraints before on The Free For All, in the context of a court order tha...

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