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Win the drug war?

Posted on October 06, 2008

Margret Kopala argues that the war on drugs is working. She points to a recent U.N. report, alcohol prohibition in the U.S., and Sweden's drug policy.No doubt prohibition reduces drug use. The important question is, at what cost? We decided that the costs of alcohol prohibition were greater than our commitment to it could sustain.The cost for the current drug war in the U.S. is high. I'm not an advocate of legalization, but any sensible person has to ask questions like:How can we mitigate the human costs associated with the war on drugs?What are we not doing, because we're investing enormous c...

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