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U.S. Drug War Has Achieved None of Its Goals

By Michael Blankenship

After 40 years, the United States' war on drugs has cost $1 trillion and hundreds of thousands of lives, and for what? Drug use is rampant and violence even more brutal and widespread. Even U.S. drug czar Gil Kerlikowske concedes the strategy hasn't worked. Read more... Here is the key question to this issue: So why persist with costly programs that don't work? Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, sitting down with the AP at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, paused for a moment at the question. "Look," she says, starting slowly. "This is something that is worth fighting for because drug addiction is about fighting for somebody's life, a young child's life, a teenager's life, their ability to be a successful and productive adult...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Justice Gambit on May 13, 2010 (boomark / email).