Legal Commentary

Myths About the War on Drugs and Legalization

By Jeralyn

Ryan Grim, in tomorrow's Washington Post, rebuts five myths about drug legalization and the war on drugs. The myths:

• 1. America's drug problem began in the late 1960s.
• 2. Nixon is to blame for the war on drugs.
• 3. Legalization will increase teen drug use.
• 4. In foreign countries, legalization has been disastrous.
• 5. Americans aren't ready for legalization.

Grim, who is also a Congressional correspondent for Huffington Post, is the author of This Is Your Country on Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on August 08, 2009 (boomark / email).