Libertarian Presidential candidate Harry Browne has sharply criticized proposals by Republican Presidential candidate Bob Dole to greatly expand the role of the U.S. military, National Guard, and Central Intelligence Agency in the fight against illicit drugs. Browne maintains that increasing the “War on Drugs” will only create more suffering, more crime, and more victims.
“Like many other Republican politicians, Dole loves the insane ‘War on Drugs,'” said Browne. “But all freedom-loving Americans should reject this vision of a nation at war with its own citizens.
“… Government can’t keep drugs out of the country, it can’t even keep drugs out of its own prisons. Militarizing the ‘War on Drugs’ won’t solve the problem; the only realistic solution is to end the war. Ending the insane ‘War on Drugs’ will take the criminal profit out of the illicit drug trade and bring peace to our cities once again.”
For more information, please contact Bill Winter of the Libertarian Party at (202) 333-0008 Ext. 226. For further information on the Harry Browne presidential campaign, please contact the Harry Browne for President website at http://www.HarryBrowne96.org/.