Drug Quotes by Milton Friedman

11 Drug quotes by Milton Friedman

Friedman’s libertarian lens frames these eleven short remarks, focusing on market forces and policy implications. They offer a quick, analytical snapshot for anyone interested in his economic viewpoint.

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One role of prohibition is in making the drug market more lucrative.

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Drugs are a tragedy for addicts. But criminalizing their use converts that tragedy into a disaster for society, for users and non-users…

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Legalizing drugs would simultaneously reduce the amount of crime and raise the quality of law enforcement. Can you conceive of any other…

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So long as large sums of money are involved - and they are bound to be if drugs are illegal - it…

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When a private enterprise fails, it is closed down; when a government enterprise fails, it is expanded. Isn't that exactly what's been…

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If even a small fraction of the money we now spend on trying to enforce drug prohibition were devoted to treatment and…

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See, if you look at the drug war from a purely economic point of view, the role of the government is to…

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Our emphasis here is based not only on the growing seriousness of drug-related crimes, but also on the belief that relieving our…

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Our emphasis here is based not only on the growing seriousness of drug-related crimes, but also on the belief that relieving our…

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Had drugs been decriminalized, crack would never have been invented and there would today be fewer addicts... The ghettos would not be…

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I'd like to promote lots of things. I'd like to promote elimination of drug prohibition. I'd like to promote parental choice in…

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The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.

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To really understand something you've got to reduce it to its principles.

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“The people in one district can choose not to reelect their member of Congress, but that will not change the composition of the government…

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The government doesn't have any money. The only power it has is to take from some and give to others.

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What would the people who sold us goods do with the money? They'd get dollars. What would they do with the dollars? Eat them?!

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World trade depends on differences among countries, not similarities. Different countries are in different stages of development. It is appropriate for them to have…

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Is there some society you know of that doesn't run on greed? You think Russia doesn't run on greed? You think China doesn't run…

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Well first of all, tell me, is there some society you know of that doesn't run on greed? You think Russia doesn't run on…

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I think almost every economist would agree that government gets itself in trouble when it tries to interfere with voluntary behavior.

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It is most attractive about the US to people and countries with wealth is that it can provide security, insurance really, against political instability.…

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Hong Kong is the bellwether. If the Chinese stick to their agreement to let Hong Kong go its own path, then China will also…

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