Government
May 11, 2012
War on drugs: epic failure, source of violence
The time has come to admit that we need to change our country's drug policy. By Jeffrey A. Lowe
"The war on drugs has been an utter failure. We need to rethink and decriminalize our marijuana laws. We need to rethink how we're operating the drug war. Currently, we are not doing a good job." Illinois State Senator Barack Obama made that statement during a debate at Northwestern University in 2004. Unfortunately for our country, nothing has changed, even under President Obama's administration.
"Since Preside...
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