Mar 26, 2012

The Brutal Logic of a Drug Warrior: Put 'Em All in Cages

The Atlantic: "In the Asia Times, David P. Goldman has published a column that is at once jarringly horrific and possessed of a certain integrity, for it frankly acknowledges what happens when a country wages a war on drugs. His impetus for writing about the subject is Mexico, where tens of thousands have been slaughtered as a result of violence between drug cartels, their rivals, and police. He rightly points out that lawlessness is rampant in that country.

His solution?

Mexico should incarcerate a much higher percentage of its citizens." read more

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