You can’t believe the shock. I was sitting in a living room drinking absinthe with friends, and I said in passing something like: “This is delicious but wouldn’t it be great if the original recipe with wormwood were legal again?” My friend, the economist George Selgin, said; “This has wormwood in it just like the…
By Mike Maharrey I’ve been fighting federal overreach for years, but now it’s getting personal! I’ve been working with the Tenth Amendment Center for almost a decade. That’s a lot of activism. It should be pretty obvious that I am passionate about the work and that I believe deeply in the principles. You don’t work…
On May 17, 2019, the City of Denver decriminalized the use and possession of psilocybin mushrooms via referendum. Nevertheless, the vote was a nail-biter as the initiative was only passed by a tight margin of 50.5 percent to 49.5 percent. One of Many However, Denver was not alone in drug reform developments. Certain counties in Texas are…
As federal marijuana prohibition slowly fades away into the depths of history, the burgeoning legal recreational cannabis market is poised to usher in a green rush for the US economy. And while many are excited about the fiscal implications of this entirely new economic sector, and rightfully so, there is another “green” market on the…
For a brief moment, marijuana decriminalization in Texas was a bipartisan possibility. The Texas House recently approved a bill that would have prohibited the arrest of individuals for possession of an ounce or less of marijuana. But when it was passed on to the state Senate, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick immediately gathered a Republican majority…
Around the world, people are marking April 20 by celebrating a drug that has been prohibited by the United States federal government since 1970. History has proven that prohibition never works, and states began implementing policies that conflict with federal law in 1996. By 2016, the majority of states had legalized medical cannabis, and in…
Police in Bolivar, Missouri searched the hospital room of Nolan Sousley on Wednesday night after getting a call that someone smelled marijuana in his hospital room. Police were unable to find any marijuana, and now both the city of Bolivar and the Bolivar Police Department are investigating the issue. Nolan is suffering from stage four…
Thursday afternoon, Congressman Paul Gosar (R-AZ) spoke with The Libertarian Republic on the issue of marijuana legalization. He affirmed, “absolutely not,” when asked if he would support legalization. When asked if he believed “legislating morality” and “protecting Americans from their own choices” were roles for Congress to embrace, he remarked, “in some instances.” He would…
People sometimes go through great lengths to to conceal drugs and weapons. Last week a suspect in Golden Meadow, Louisiana made headlines with his bizarre method of conceal carry. It’s not clear whether this was his walk around method of carrying or simply as a last minute effort…
Wednesday night, the St. Paul City Council voted 6-1 in favor of “supporting legalization and decriminalization of recreational cannabis in Minnesota and expungement of Minnesotan records of convicted cannabis crimes.” The one vote in opposition to the resolution came from Council member Dan Bostrom, who would announce his retirement later on during the same meeting….