Whack-a-mole vs. Legalization: Editorial: Drug cancer spreading

A voice of reason from Pensacola, Florida

Editorial: Drug cancer spreading | Pensacola News Journal | pnj.com: "With the growing cancer of drug violence metastasizing south of the U.S. border, it's time to shift the debate about drug policy out of the DEA and law enforcement and into the hands of government officials with a broader view.

The drug-fighting bureaucracy in the U.S. is hard-pressed to see anything beyond its own mission, which is to enforce anti-drug laws. Seeing the value of changing those laws in any way seems too much of a stretch for it.

Meanwhile, we're losing the drug war, and paying a high price — and not just in dollars — for the privilege. ...

When do government officials admit the obvious — prohibition isn't working — and start over on U.S. drug policy?"