Forty years after President Nixon declared a "War on Drugs," the worldwide demand for illicit drugs has not lessened, the profits of the international drug cartels have increased and the resulting corruption has created Narco-governments in many countries. This "War" has accounted for billions of dollars spent on benign enforcement efforts, put millions of simple drug users in US prisons, neglected the root causes of illegal drug use, ignored legalization measures and during a six-year period, the "Mexican Drug War" left over 120,000 persons maimed, missing or murdered. When Lieutenant...
Forty years after President Nixon declared a "War on Drugs," the worldwide demand for illicit drugs has not lessened, the profits of the international...