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January 1978

Reason magazine, January 1978 cover image
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Drug Prohibition

Ill-conceived laws have created today's drug problem.

Thomas Szasz

Features

Large image on homepages | White House

War on Drugs

Rockefeller's Draconian Drug Law

Four years, $141 million, and 2,000 life sentences later, New York has more drugs and more addicts than ever before.

Sheldon Richman

The Curious Politics of Deregulation

A few words in praise of Edward Kennedy

Michael McMenamin

New Deal Nemesis

It was star-studded, wealthy, professional…and a flop.

David Pietrusza

Symposiums

Panama

The great canal debate

Don Ernsberger, William Marina, Paul Roberts, and Hans Sennholz

Culture & Reviews

Movies

John Pierce and John Hospers

Books

Other People's Property; No Land Is an Island; The California Coastal Plan

Davis Keeler

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Reason Staff

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Weapons Choice and Lesser Evils

Robert Poole

Columns

Experience: The Age of Dumb

James Davidson

Viewpoint: Going Backwards

Alan Reynolds

Foreign Correspondent: Creeping Statism

Victor Filmer

Spotlight: Getting Legislators to Listen

Mark Frazier

Washington Watch

Alan Bock

Frontlines

Joe Cobb

Citings

Trends

Robert Poole

Letters

Letters

Reason Staff

Brickbats

Brickbats

Bill Birmingham

57 YEARS OF REASON

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