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Failure of the Drug War

By Michael Blankenship

Mexico is not a failing state, as it has become fashionable to say. What has failed is our "war on drugs." That failure and the drug-related violence wracking Mexico suggest it is time to open a national discussion on legalizing drugs.Read more...It is clear that our current drug polices are failing to reduce demand, availability, quality, and crime. In fact, many of these policies increase criminality by forcing addicts to commit crime in order to sustain their habits. We have managed to fill up our prisons and jails, expend billions of dollars with nothing to show in return, and destroy numerous lives at home and abroad.It is time to revisit our drug policies. But I am doubtful that legislators and criminal justice officials have the fortitude to do so...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Justice Gambit on February 22, 2009 (boomark / email).