July 31, 2008 12:26PM 

# Milton Friedman on Drug Prohibition 

By [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/tim-lynch) 

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Since it’s Milton Friedman’s birthday today, take a moment to watch this brief [video clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMJ3eX4BwTA). It is an interview conducted by our friends at the Marijuana Policy Project shortly before Dr. Friedman passed away.

For related Cato work on the disastrous drug war, go [here](https://www.cato.org/subtopic_display_new.php?topic_id=10&ra_id=9).

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