Drug Policy Debate: Pro-drug legalization forces are gaining clout

Andres Oppenheimer - MiamiHerald.com: "For the first time since the United States launched its “war on drugs” four decades ago, there are signs that the forces supporting legalization or de-criminalization of illegal drugs are gaining momentum across the hemisphere.

Granted, this is a debate that is just starting at government levels, and that will take years to produce concrete results. But there are several new factors ... that are beginning to pose an increasingly serious challenge to the traditional interdiction-based U.S. anti-drug strategies." read more