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This 4 page paper discusses a seminar at the Cato Institute on the subject of the "war on drugs" and some of the speeches given there.
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believe it is an abject failure. This paper analyzes arguments for and against it and answers specific questions with regard to the war on drugs and the criminal justice system.
Discussion The 2001 policy forum notes are extremely interesting; for this paper well look at the second speaker at the event. The speaker is Dennis Knizely, he is a criminal
defense attorney in private practice in Alabama (Time to rethink the war on drugs?, 2001). His presentation is untitled, but his main themes are that continuing to wage the "war
on drugs" as we are doing presently will inevitable lead to a weakening of our Constitutional protections; that the "war on drugs" is resulting in bloating of police powers to
an extent that is ridiculous; and that the entire "war on drugs" is an exercise in paranoia (Time to rethink the war on drugs?, 2001). Response: Mr. Knizelys arguments are
sound. The present Administration has placed the Constitution under attack on numerous issues, particularly in granting the President unprecedented powers to wage war; and with regard to illegally spying on
American citizens. The "war on drugs" is another example of a policy that is likely to be ineffective and dangerous rather than offering any real hope of solving the problem.
Mr. Knizely sees three major areas of concern with regard to the Constitution. First, the "war on drugs" violates the 4th Amendment, which guarantees citizens a right to be
free from "unreasonable search and seizure" and to have a right to the sanctity of our own homes; it also says that searches cannot be made without a warrant for
probably cause (Time to rethink the war on drugs?, 2001). Second, the 5th Amendment, which assures us that our property cannot be taken without due process of law, is
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