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\nby James Bovard, Posted June 6, 2006<\/p>\n
The war on drugs has produced more absurdities per kilo than any other federal policy. Drug warriors have had high-profile belly flop after belly flop. Yet most of the media and the vast majority of American politicians continue to treat this war with deference, if not reverence.<\/p>\n
One of the biggest farces of the George W. Bush-era war on drugs was the persecution of renowned comedian Tommy Chong. Unfortunately, Chong\u2019s case has received far less attention than it deserves.<\/p>\n
On February 7, 2003, as the U.S. government prepared to invade Iraq, Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge raised the terrorist alert to the orange level and declared that \u201cspecific protective measures will be taken by all federal agencies to reduce vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted my Freedom Daily article\u00a0 on the feds’ war against Tommy Chong.\u00a0 Always sad to see a great comedian get no respect. Here are the first few paragraphs; full text is here. The Most Absurdities per Kilo by James Bovard, Posted June 6, 2006 The war on drugs has produced […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[20,659,22,6,32,31],"class_list":{"0":"post-127","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"tag-ashcroft","7":"tag-attention-deficit-democracy","9":"tag-bovard","10":"tag-bush-betrayal","11":"tag-wool"},"yoast_head":"\n
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