Despite the intrusions on your private life, it will do no more to stop the drug trade than any of the other police-state tactics. Libertarians understand that we can't stop government snooping by fighting every new intrusion on your privacy. Our opponents will win too many of those battles, and government will get more and more intrusive. Only then will you be safe from prying eyes and zealous confiscators. Harry Browne is a Senior Editor at Liberty magazine, and was the 1996 presidential candidate of the Libertarian Party .
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