Episode 15 - Got hobos & heroin? Choose Milton, not Mao.

The "Drug War"

On this episode Brian O’Leary and Adam Haman look at some recent legislation in Oregon. Then as a bonus, they solve poverty, homelessness, and the drug problem. You’re welcome!.

Today’s show brought to you by Tom Woods School of Life.

Brian O’Leary on 𝕏-Twitter


Adam Haman on 𝕏-Twitter


Haman on the Bob Murphy Show

 

Where did they go?

 

2020 Oregon Ballot Measure 110

 

KGW8 Reports on impact of OR 110

 

OPB on impact of OR 110

 

Wikipedia on the drug policy of Portugal

 

When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law.

 

– Frederic Bastiat

 

FEE on the violence caused by the war on drugs

 

The War on Drugs Is a War on Freedom

 

What is “Anarcho-Tyranny”?

 

Anarcho-Tyranny: Feeding the homeless:

 

NPR 2014

 

Newsweek 2018

Reason 2021

Anarcho-Tyranny: Housing the homeless:

Kanye tries to help: Denied

Want more housing? Get government out of the way

FEE: How does government welfare stack up against private charity? It’s no contest.

 

Wikipedia on the tragedy of the commons

 

Econlib on the tragedy of the commons

 

Walter Block on solving the tragedy of the commons in water

 

SF Standard on the miraculous cleanup of SF for Biden & Xi

 

Elon: “Where did they go?”

 

Mao or Milton?

“There are two sure ways to end this war swiftly: Milton’s way and Mao’s way. Mao Zedong’s communists killed users and suppliers alike, as social parasites. Milton Friedman’s way is to decriminalize drugs and call off the war.” — Pat Buchanan (March 6, 2009)
 

Prohibition causes violence

 

Ron Paul: “Legalize Heroin”. Crowd applauds

 

Adam’s “other” gig:

 

The Nevada Libertarian Party Presents: The Battleborn Podcast

Co-hosted by fellow Nevadan Randy Sadac, the LPNV’s Battleborn podcast features commentary about goings on in Nevada from a liberty perspective. Here you can find some great interviews with people doing great things to advance liberty in the state of Nevada, and beyond.

Don’t miss their great interview with economist (and libertarian superhero) Bob Murphy!

Randy and Adam Interview Robert Murphy

Brian’s empire of content:

 

BrianDOLeary.com

Where you’ll find all of the interesting things Brian is up to, including:

·        The O’Leary Review – Substack

·        The Brian D. O’Leary Show

·        and more.

While you’re there, don’t forget to buy Brian a coffee. He’ll greatly appreciate it, especially a darker roast.

 

Adam also runs on coffee, and he would greatly appreciate any contributions that listeners would like to make to help keep him in front of the microphone and producing content.

 

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