Is Marijuana Legalization Really a Disaster?

Tags: Interventionism, Big Government, Health

04/26/2014 Mark Thornton

Mark Thornton responds to former DEA administrator Peter Bensinger's claim that the legalization of marijuana is a "disaster". Thornton is a Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute.

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