Paul On Newsletters: Not Only Did I Not Write Them, MLK Was One Of My Heroes

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"He also railed against the racist drug laws and institutionalized racism in the court system. I mention this only in the interest of full honesty and fairness."

...repeating that Ron Paul is "against the racist drug laws" doesn't absolve him of his views that people should be free to treat blacks as second class citizens.

In the interest of full honesty and fairness, it took 40 years for someone to do something positive related to the war on drugs. http://www.aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform/justice-served

In the interest of full honesty and fairness, he conveniently didn't cast a vote for the Second Chance Act (http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll1083.xml) He voted against the hate crimes bill and employment discrimination laws

In the interest of full honesty and fairness, Ron Paul's position is simply to get the federal government out of drug law enforcement, eliminating government regulations (giving corporations free reign), eliminating the safety nets, and then let the states decide.

Ron Paul constantly votes against FDA oversight of tobacco and talks about it in very much the same way he talks about federal involvement in drug regulation.

The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act will give sweeping new powers over tobacco to the FDA. It will require everyone engaged in manufacturing, preparing, compounding, or processing tobacco to register with the FDA and be subjected to FDA inspections, which is yet another violation of the Fourth Amendment. It violates the First Amendment by allowing the FDA to restrict tobacco advertising in multiple ways, as well as an outright ban on advertising any cigarettes as light, mild or low-tar. The FDA will have the power of pre-market reviews of all new tobacco products, and will impose new user fees, meaning taxes, on manufacturers and importers of tobacco products. It will even regulate the amount of nicotine in cigarettes.

My objections to the bill are not an endorsement of tobacco. As a physician I understand the adverse health effects of this bad habit. And that is exactly how smoking should be treated -- as a bad habit and a personal choice. The way to combat poor choices is through education and information. Other than ensuring that tobacco companies do not engage in force or fraud to market their products, the federal government needs to stay out of the health habits of free people. Regulations for children should be at the state level. Unfortunately, government is using its already overly intrusive financial and regulatory roles in healthcare to establish a justifiable interest in intervening in your personal lifestyle choices as well. We all need to anticipate the level of health freedom that will remain once government manages all health care in this country.

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=115

His views are not hard to understand.

Illegal Drugs, a General Statement

Paul: Ron Paul opposes the War on Drugs. On November 20, 2008 Ron Paul said in a New York Times / Freakonomics interview: “[...] the federal war on drugs has proven costly and ineffective, while creating terrible violent crime. But if you question policy, you are accused of being pro-drug. That is preposterous. As a physician, father, and grandfather, I abhor drugs. I just know that there is a better way — through local laws, communities, churches, and families — to combat the very serious problem of drug abuse than a massive federal-government bureaucracy.”
Source: www.ronpaul.com/on-the-issues/war-on-drugs (10/31/2011)

War on Drugs

Paul: Ron Paul opposes the War on Drugs. On November 20, 2008 Ron Paul said in a New York Times / Freakonomics interview: “[...] the federal war on drugs has proven costly and ineffective, while creating terrible violent crime. But if you question policy, you are accused of being pro-drug. That is preposterous. As a physician, father, and grandfather, I abhor drugs. I just know that there is a better way — through local laws, communities, churches, and families — to combat the very serious problem of drug abuse than a massive federal-government bureaucracy.”
Source: www.ronpaul.com/on-the-issues/war-on-drugs (10/31/2011)

Medical Use of Marijuana

Paul: The issue is not whether one supports medical marijuana or not. The issue is whether Washington decides or local voters decide. For most issues, the Constitution leaves decision-making to the states. For most of the 20th century, however, the federal government has ignored the Constitution and run roughshod over state sovereignty. As a result, the centralizers of both parties in Washington cannot imagine a society not dominated by the federal government.
Source: Ron Paul (02/26/2008)

Legalization of Marijuana

Paul: I believe that this issue needs to be resolved at the state and local level, and that the federal government has no constitutional authority to intervene in these decisions.
Source: Ron Paul (02/26/2008)

http://vote-usa.org/issue.aspx?election=us20121106ar&office=uspresident&issue=busillegaldrugs

His position on everything is anti-federal goverment, and then you're on your own. His position on the war on drugs is no different, and as for any help for people affected by his decisions, well like his opposition to health care there is always charity. http://www.democraticunderground.com/100288476

I know Paul co-sponsored Barney Frank’s bill on marijuana (http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002102660) , but I damn sure know that Barney Frank supports government health care and that he sponsored the Second Chance Act.