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Ron Paul on the Legalization of Hemp and Marijuana

Ron Paul talks with Air America’s Richard Greene about the legalization of hemp and marijuana.

Download the interview as an MP3 file here (18:45 minutes).
Show: Clout!
Host: Richard Greene
Channel: Air America
Date: 5/13/2009
Transcript:
Richard Greene: It is my great pleasure to have on the line one of the most clouty politicians in America, one of the politicians with the [...]

Ron Paul: The War on Drugs has failed

Channel: CNN
Show: CNN American Morning
Date: 4/15/2009
Transcript:
News Anchor: The idea of legalizing marijuana to try to reduce crime is a hot topic right now in American and there is no shortage of opinions out there. In fact, here’s what some of you who called in to our amfix hotline are saying.
Caller1: I smoke marijuana on an [...]

Ron Paul on Marijuana Radio

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Show: Marijuana Radio
Date: 3/31/2009
Transcript:
McKenna: All right. Well, we’ve got Congressman Ron Paul on the phone. Hello?
Ron Paul: Hello.
McKenna: How are you?
DanK: The one and only.
Ron Paul: I’m just fine.
McKenna: Okay, we’re very excited to have you on this evening.
Stoner Circle: Yes, indeed.
McKenna: Thank you so much.
DanK: Yes.
Stoner Circle: Thank you very [...]

Ron Paul: End the War on Drugs!

In his latest column Ron Paul points out that the War on Drugs is unconstitutional, can’t be won, and only makes things worse for almost everyone involved. The only beneficiaries are the drug barons, smugglers and dealers who enjoy exorbitant profits, and those dark forces in government who try to further suppress our freedoms under [...]

Let The Markets Run Free

Subsidies, tax breaks, tax hikes, government run monopolies, the list goes on and on.  It seems like the government simply doesn’t want people to prosper, given that (partial) list of disincentives towards growth they constantly are pushing for and enforcing every day.
The real reason the government hates free markets is that, unlike most voting Americans [...]