40 Years of Drug War Hasn't Worked; "Time for a Change," Says 9-Year Veteran | | AlterNet: "After 22 years, ONDCP (White House Office of National Drug Control Policy - aka "the drug czar) has proven to be an ineffectual waste of money. Anti-drug efforts remain haphazard and uncoordinated. Federal anti-drug prosecutions are unfocused, wasteful and racially discriminatory....
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
Jun 17, 2011
Legalization: 40 Years of Drug War Hasn't Worked; "Time for a Change," Says 9-Year Veteran
A detailed review of the facts regarding the failure of the drug war.
40 Years of Drug War Hasn't Worked; "Time for a Change," Says 9-Year Veteran | | AlterNet: "After 22 years, ONDCP (White House Office of National Drug Control Policy - aka "the drug czar) has proven to be an ineffectual waste of money. Anti-drug efforts remain haphazard and uncoordinated. Federal anti-drug prosecutions are unfocused, wasteful and racially discriminatory....
Over the past 40 years, the federal government has spent, cumulatively, roughly a half trillion dollars on the “war on drugs.” By FY 1975, federal anti-drug spending had climbed to $680 million. For the past 20 years, federal spending on drugs has exceeded $15 billion per year including the costs of imprisonment."
40 Years of Drug War Hasn't Worked; "Time for a Change," Says 9-Year Veteran | | AlterNet: "After 22 years, ONDCP (White House Office of National Drug Control Policy - aka "the drug czar) has proven to be an ineffectual waste of money. Anti-drug efforts remain haphazard and uncoordinated. Federal anti-drug prosecutions are unfocused, wasteful and racially discriminatory....
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