Whack-a-mole Drug War: Gil Kerlikowske, Federal Drug Czar and Former Seattle Police Chief, Makes Up Fake Numbers in Call to Escalate Drug War

Chief mole whacker's propaganda

Gil Kerlikowske, Federal Drug Czar and Former Seattle Police Chief, Makes Up Fake Numbers in Call to Escalate Drug War - Seattle News - The Daily Weekly: "Speaking at the ninth annual U.S./Mexico Drug Demand Reduction Conference in Washington D.C. this week, White House Drug Czar and former Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske made it clear that he thinks the failed War on Drugs is not only successful, but should be escalated.
In arguing for more law enforcement and international anti-drug efforts, Kerlikowske made quite the pronouncement. He said 'the rate of Americans using illicit drugs today is roughly half what it was in the late 1970′s.'

Roughly half? Actually it's not even close to that. Try roughly 12 percent lower.

And that drop--which is compared to a survey in 1979, which recorded the highest number of Americans using drugs ever--shows zero evidence of being a result of increased prohibition and law enforcement efforts.

According to the most recent National Survey of Drug Use and Health (2009), there were an estimated 21.8 million Americans, 12-years old and older, who reported doing drugs in the past month.

That same survey in 1979 showed 25 million Americans 12-and-older reported using drugs in the last month.

Twenty five million to about 22 million is no where near 'roughly half.'"