Cato expert: Conservatives betraying small-government values by opposing pot legalization

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Cato expert: Conservatives betraying small-government values by opposing pot legalization

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/10/cato-expert-win-lose-californias-pot-measure-shake-up-drug-policy/

By Sahil Kapur
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 -- 9:41 am

A drug policy expert at the Cato Institute challenged conservatives to take a principled limited-government stance on marijuana, arguing that the feds are only exacerbating the problems with regulations.

"There are conservatives who take a big-government stance on this," Tim Lynch, director of Cato's Project on Criminal Justice, told Raw Story in an interview. "It's hard to explain. They're just not being consistent with their stated principles there."

The right-wing Heritage Foundation, for instance, strongly advocates for small government but has concluded that government must play a large and continued role in the drug war.

[ixion]

1. well, duh...

but, hey, freepers never let logic stand in their way.

[DCKit]

2. It's the genetic tendency toward hypocrisy that has driven them insane. n/t

[frylock]

3. they're just not being consistent with their stated principles..

it appears that attitude isn't entirely exclusive to republicans.

[Trekologer]

4. Same goes for just about every social "values" issue

The conservatives want limited government. Unless, however, it is to force their social views onto others.