Thinking Clearly

It’s high time: If we can legalize marijuana, why can’t we end the misguided War on Drugs?

by Thor Benson at Salon 

 

... "The War on Drugs has cost America well over $1 trillion since it began under Richard Nixon. This war has been the main cause of our country’s mass incarceration problem. As it is often noted, we have 5 percent of the world’s population and roughly 25 percent of its prisoners. You cannot have a War on Drugs, you can only have a war on people." ...