25 years ago in reason.

• Position: Citings

"None of the arguments currently advanced in support of drug laws played more than a minor role in initiating prohibition. Prohibition was almost solely the result of antipathy towards specific groups--minorities--associated with drug use."

--Michael Monson, "The Dirty Little Secret Behind Our Drug Laws"

"The bobcat holds the distinction of having one governmental agency, The Endangered Species Scientific Authority, trying to protect it; while another, the Interior Department's Predator Control Program, is trying to kill it."

--Dick Bjornseth, "Sane Environmentalism"

"For eight years Republican presidents presided over...