Editorial: Prohibition Has Failed Let's Try Something Better
A great Op-Ed by A. Barton Hinkle asking for legalization, in light of the the recent Global Commission on Drug Policy report that the drug war has failed.
Excerpt:
We don't have to chase every one of those philosophical digressions down a rabbit hole to recognize the obvious: America is spending tens of billions of dollars a year putting drug users and sellers in prison, without putting much of a dent in drug consumption. The drug war has failed, and its advocates' best thinking got us here. Isn't it time they tried something else?
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