Tag: Drugs

1350: Mary Ruwart – Laws That Prevent Work

F1350: Mary Ruwart – Laws That Prevent Work
A young drug dealer once asked for a job on a public housing project in San Francisco. He approached Chris Albert, president of Willie Electric Company, hoping to get out of drugs and into legitimate work.

A young drug dealer once asked for a job on a public housing project in San Francisco. He approached Chris Albert, president of Willie Electric Company, hoping to get out of drugs and into legitimate work.

Unfortunately, because of the high wages dictated by the minimum wage law, the contractor couldn’t afford to take a chance on an unskilled man with no job record. The young man came back two days later and begged to be employed at a lower wage. “I won’t tell the law,” he promised.
“I want to make a better life for me and for my mom, and for my little sisters and brothers.” Unwilling to risk legal problems, the contractor reluctantly refused.

Two days later the young man was shot and killed. Maybe he’d be alive today if the minimum wage laws had not prevented him from working instead of being on the streets.

—Mary Ruwart, Healing Our World

1242: Larry Sharpe – Hemp Should Be Regulated Like Onions

W1242: Larry Sharpe - Hemp Should Be Regulated Like Onions
Hemp and marijuana should be regulated like onions. If you can grow onion in your backyard, you can grow hemp or weed in your backyard. —Larry Sharpe
Hemp and marijuana should be regulated like onions. If you can grow onion in your backyard, you can grow hemp or weed in your backyard. —Larry SharpeDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 6.18MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 246KB
Hemp and marijuana should be regulated like onions. If you can grow onion in your backyard, you can grow hemp or weed in your backyard. —Larry SharpeDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 8.49MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 339KB

Hemp and marijuana should be regulated like onions. If you can grow onion in your backyard, you can grow hemp or weed in your backyard. —Larry Sharpe

1122: David Friedman – Drug-Induced Ecstasy is a Right

W1122: David Friedman - Drug-Induced Ecstasy
If the addict is willing to trade his health or his life for a few years, or months, or minutes of drug-induced ecstasy, that is his affair. Part of freedom is the right of each of us to go to hell in his own fashion. —David Friedman (The Machinery of Freedom)
If the addict is willing to trade his health or his life for a few years, or months, or minutes of drug-induced ecstasy, that is his affair. Part of freedom is the right of each of us to go to hell in his own fashion. —David Friedman (The Machinery of Freedom)Download Print Quality (3840×2010) 2.55MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 212KB
If the addict is willing to trade his health or his life for a few years, or months, or minutes of drug-induced ecstasy, that is his affair. Part of freedom is the right of each of us to go to hell in his own fashion. —David Friedman (The Machinery of Freedom)Download Print Quality (3840×2744) 3.27MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 260KB
If the addict is willing to trade his health or his life for a few years, or months, or minutes of drug-induced ecstasy, that is his affair. Part of freedom is the right of each of us to go to hell in his own fashion. —David Friedman (The Machinery of Freedom)