Libertarian presidential nominee Bob Barr today has an essay published at Huffington Post titled “I Was Wrong About The War On Drugs — It’s A Failure.” Barr opens by writing, “I’ll admit it, just five years ago I was ‘Public Enemy Number 1’ in the eyes of the Libertarian Party. In my 2002 congressional race for Georgia’s Seventh District, the Libertarian Party ran scathing attack ads against my stand on Medical Marijuana. Today, I am their presidential nominee and will represent libertarians at the top of the ticket on November 4th. Huh?
“That’s right, Bob Barr, formerly the War on Drugs loving, Wiccan mocking, Clinton impeaching Republican is the presidential nominee for the Libertarian Party. Now, you may be asking how this happened and my answer is simple: ‘The libertarians won.'”
I agree.
I hope he follows up with even stronger statements.
Barr admits the War on Drugs has failed–but not that it should’ve never been attempted,that its immoral, or that it isnt the domain of the government to regulate what you put in your own body.
However—this is a GREAT step for Barr to take. Its the “Mea culpa” every Libertarian has been looking for and its a delightfully “Road-to-Damascus”-style article.