Why The War on Drugs Is a Huge Failure
The war against drugs has been a terrible disaster for everybody involved. Why? And can we do something differently? Check out the Stop The Harm campaign: https://stoptheharm.org We finally...
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Over 40 years ago, US President Richard Nixondeclared drug abuse public enemy number one,starting an unprecedented global campaign, the War on Drugs.Today, the numbers are in.The War on Drugs is a huge failure, with devastating unintended consequences.It led to mass incarceration in the US;to corruption, political destabilization, and violencein Latin America, Asia, and Africa;to systemic human rights abuses across the world.It negatively affected the lives of millions of people.All of this while we waste billions of dollars every yearonly to create and fuel powerful drug cartelswhile the goal of the War on Drugs seems less achievable than ever:a world without drugs.How could this happen?The core strategy of the War on Drugs is “no drugs, no problems”.So almost all ...
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Over 40 years ago, US President Richard Nixondeclared drug abuse public enemy number one,starting an unprecedented global campaign, the War on Drugs.Today, the numbers are in.The War on Drugs is a huge failure, with devastating unintended consequences.It led to mass incarceration in the US;to corruption, political destabilization, and violencein Latin America, Asia, and Africa;to systemic human rights abuses across the world.It negatively affected the lives of millions of people.All of this while we waste billions of dollars every yearonly to create and fuel powerful drug cartelswhile the goal of the War on Drugs seems less achievable than ever:a world without drugs.How could this happen?The core strategy of the War on Drugs is “no drugs, no problems”.So almost all ...
