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Ind 14-2.Pmd 1 2/25/05, 2:43 PM 2 the INDEPENDENT VOLUME XIV, NUMBER 2 Exposing New Books on the Government Scams Drug War & Tenure he Independent Institute recently held In- he U.S. government spends more than $33 T dependent Policy Forum events on gov- T billion and arrests 1.5 million people an- ernment scams, the USA PATRIOT Act, and nually to enforce drug prohibition. Drug pro- medical marijuana. hibition, its advocates say, is worth the cost • CONFESSIONS OF A MEDIA MAVER- because they believe it reduces health problems, ICK: Exposing Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam traffic accidents, industrial accidents, crime and Artists (Jan. 30): Television journalist John poverty. But, is this accurate? Stossel (Host, ABC-TV’s “20/20” and “John Stossel Specials”) shared his insights about consumer protection, government failure, reckless lawsuits, and media bias, drawing upon his best-selling book, Give Me a Break. ABC-TV’s John Stossel addresses the Independent Policy Forum on hucksters, cheats and scam artists. Stossel recounted his evolution from an Emmy-award-winning consumer-affairs re- porter to America’s best-known skeptic of gov- ernment regulation. What seems strange to him (continued on page 3) According to economist Jeffrey Miron (Bos- ton University) most of the ills typically attrib- uted to drug consumption are due not to drugs per IN THIS ISSUE: se but to drug prohibition. In his new Independent Institute book, Drug War Crimes: The Conse- Independent Policy Forum................ 1 quences of Prohibition, Miron shows that prohi- New Books: Drug War Crimes and bition exacerbates many of the problems it alleg- Faulty Towers .................................. 1 edly solves—by increasing violence, creating new President’s Letter ............................... 2 health risks for drug users, enriching criminals, Independent Institute in the News ... 4 and diminishing civil liberties. 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