Greetings from DC, where I am learning about how to raise money, win friends, and influence media.
It is actually a pretty great opportunity.
Please consider going to my campaign site, and let me know what I've got right and what I've got wrong.
And I look forward to posting here now and again, to let you know what sorts of things are worrying me about the directions our nation is taking.
Mike Munger
Libertarian Candidate for NC Governor
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Hey, Mike:
I'm a member of the NC LP Party, and I took a look at the issues section of your website. I have to say I disagree with portions of your "victimless crimes" section to the extent you are only advocating "de-criminalization" of drugs instead of regulated legalization.
The libertarian principle of self-ownership implies the right to self-medicate unless there is a demonstrative, countervailing negative externality associated with any such usage. Chemotherapic drugs like antibotics,due to the potential negative externalities of antibiotic resistant micro-organisms arising from abuse, would like classify as those type of drugs that the State legitimately could continue to require a prescription for. However, most "recreational drugs" do not meet that criteria threshold.
Your position of continuing to ban sale. manufacturing, and transportation of such while decriminalizing possession is essentially the same as Alcohol prohibition, and that didn't work out too well. I'm sure you are aware that NC is a major distribution hub for the Mexican Drug Gangs. Your position would not address that issue and could likely have the unintended consequence of shifting more of the distribution focus to ,say, Charlotte, instead of Atlanta.
Of course, I realize this is all a rather moot point under the current context of federal drug prohibition.
ka1,
let me step in here. Mike has had this question asked before in my presence, so I know his answer.
Basically, he's not against legalization, and in fact is for it. But as he says when asked, "I'm running for governor, not dictator."
Mike is a very principled libertarian, as a widely-renowned economist and chair of the Political Science Department at Duke, he's also got a healthy dose of pragmatism, especially on the political end. There's no way legalization would pass in North Carolina right now; decriminalization has a much better chance. Decriminalization also is much less likely to scare people away who could potentially come on board to vote Libertarian this year, and would thus begin their education process.
We've got to crawl before we can walk. Mike knows this.
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