LoLP Episode 7: Dr. Mark Thornton - The Economics of the War on Drugs

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🗓️ 17 October 2013

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Lions of Liberty Podcast, host Marc Clair speaks with Dr. Mark Thornton, Senior Fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, about the economics of the War on Drugs. They discuss how the drug war is a an example of the difference between a mainstream approach to an issue, and an Austrian or free market approach. They also go into some common objections to drug legalization, and some of the lessons we can learn about prohibition from shows like “Breaking Bad” and “The Wire”. Plus, Marc explains how you can win a free copy of “Meet Ron Paul” - the Ron Paul biography for youth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.3	Music Welcome to the Lions of Liberty podcast.
0:45.6	Here is your host, your guide, your shining beacon of liberty,
0:50.3	Mark Claire.
0:52.1	That's right.
0:53.1	I am back yet again.
0:55.1	I am here with another episode of the Lions of Liberty podcast,
0:58.9	the second edition this week.
1:00.9	Just yesterday, I was here in the Lions Den,
1:04.2	talking to Glenn Jacobs.
1:06.7	We had a great time.
1:07.6	Check that out.
1:08.5	Be sure to find that over at Lions of Liberty.com. It's Lions of Liberty Podcast episode six. You can find all our old episodes at Linesofliberty.com slash podcast, or you can download us on iTunes, find us on Stitcher Radio. Now, my guest today I'm bringing in here to talk about an issue that's important to a lot of libertarians.
1:29.3	It's probably what got a lot of libertarians into this movement in the first place.
1:33.8	And that's the war on drugs, something a lot of people are very passionate about.
1:37.5	To many people, it's a very obvious moral issue.
1:41.0	Why should someone be put in a cage?
1:43.1	And that's what we're talking about when we're talking
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