The "Free Market" Medical Marijuana Industry

Reprinted from Mises.ca

Government is the antithesis of a free market. Governments, by definition, use coercion to extract funds while the market relies on voluntary exchange. So while the necessity of the Harper Government's medical marijuana policy may be debated, it is certainly not a "free market" nor does it bear any resemblance to one. To call the Health Canada program a "free market" (as the mainstream media have) is intellectual dishonesty on a grand scale.

Derek Kowalenko: Another Victim of Monopoly Law Enforcement

He has the words “24-hour prohibition — DRUGS” stamped on his driver’s abstract, just for smoking a flavoured tobacco product. A heavy-equipment operator by trade, he can no longer find work in his field. He doesn’t drive much anymore, he says, because he’s been forced onto welfare and can’t afford to put gas in his truck.

Read more: http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/11/29/how-canadians-can-be-charged-with-driving-under-the-influence-of-cannabis-without-ever-smoking-a-joint/