On the Factor tonight, Bill attacks me for favoring drug legalization.   He presents it in his usual charming way:

“Are you a pot-head, Stossel?”

“Pot’s going to lose in California.”... continue reading »

My show tonight covered the drug war disaster. The show will re-air tonight at midnight EST; Saturday at 9pm and midnight EST; and Sunday at 10pm EST. To be part of the studio audience for a future show, e-mail stosseltix@foxbusiness.com

Let's end drug Prohibition. That's the case I'll make on tonight's show (FBN @ 8pm & midnight ET). We've waged a war on drug use for forty years. It has only made us less safe. I'll start the show off by interviewing (debating?) Sean Hannity. Then we'll hear from Harvard economist Jeffrey Miron and Wall Street Journal's Mary Anastasia O'Grady... continue reading »

40 years ago, President Nixon declared a war on drugs, but what has it achieved? Police forces that increasingly resemble paramilitary forces, breaking down doors, holding families at gun-point, killing the family dog...over small amounts of marijuana. Drug gangs are funded by the high profits that come from black market smuggling... continue reading »

The media acts as if that is what’s happening: WSJ: White House Czar Calls for End to 'War on Drugs' LA Times: The 'war on drugs' is over FOXNews.com: Obama's New Plan Signals End to Criminal Approach to War on Drugs But that... continue reading »

The DEA brags about how it makes life hard for drug dealers:

“International drug kingpins are no longer safe from the long arm of the DEA, and the law...” -- July 2007

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Think we're innocent until proven guilty? That your life, liberty and property can't be taken from you unless you're convicted of a crime? Think again. In my syndicated column this week, I look at civil forfeiture laws:

Zaher El-Ali has repaired and sold cars in Houston for 30 years. One day, he sold a truck to a man on credit. Ali was holding the title to the car until he was paid, but before he got his money the buyer was arrested for drunk driving... continue reading »

Mary Anastasia O’Grady was spot on this week when she pointed out Arizona’s real problem. Migrant laborers are not to blame for the violence throughout the border states, the real issue is America’s drug prohibition coupled with immigration bureaucracy for immigrants who just want to work.

“ Would-be busboys, roofers and lawn mowers from Mexico and Central America have been using the Arizona desert to get to the U.S... continue reading »

Just days after Guatemala's drug czar and national police chief were both arrested on charges of drug corruption, the Washington Post reported this weekend that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged corrupt Latin American governments to, well, try harder to fight corruption:

... The previous national police chief was jailed in 2009 on suspicion of stealing $300,000 from drug traffickers... continue reading »

I’ve enjoyed your feedback about my FBN show on modern Prohibition (bans on recreational drugs, prostitution, organ selling, polygamy). The show repeats tonight at 10pm EST, up against 20/20—which always pleases me. Most comments were positive, but the angry ones are often the most revealing. Here’s a sample Moiincols: Calling on Fox news to fire John Stossel. We don't need anymore quacks like him on Fox... continue reading »