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What does it mean?
Argument that the war on drugs is a pretext for restricting civil liberties.
In plain terms
Drug policies are used to control people and limit rights.
What can you take from it?
Question policies that restrict freedom under the guise of safety.

Where it applies

  • activism
  • policy debate
  • personal freedom

Putting it to work

  • voting
  • advocacy
  • protest

Questions to consider

  • How much safety is worth freedom?
  • Who benefits from fear?

Another view

It simplifies complex policy motivations into pure malice.

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