The Economy and Drugs

Tags: Interventionism, Legal System, U.S. Economy

05/13/2011 Mark Thornton

Victor Mikhailovsky, the sixteen-year-old host of the online radio program “Insane Government,” interviews Mark Thornton on the topic of the war on drugs and the economics of drug prohibition. Recorded 11 May 2011.

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