Call Off the Global Drug War
To make drug policies more humane and more effective, the U.S. should rehabilitate non-violent, casual drug users, and undermine the power of organized crime. Full Story »
Posted by Lynn Caporale - via New York Times (Opinion), New York Times (Most Emailed), NewsRack (Business), AllTop, NewsRack (U.S.), Willie Bido (t), Megan Taylor (t), Seth Roberts Farber (t), Jeremy Caplan (t), Randy Benson (t), Kristi Hancock (t), Gianni D'Anna (t)
As long as the American banks are making big money from laundering the drug money (recent article in News Trust), from Mexico, this very sensible policy will never be enacted. Some time ago I read a study that it is 30 times more cost effective to treat addicts than to try to stop drugs coming into the country in order to decrease the drug trade. Sorry I can't remember where I read this.