The Drug War's A Bust
February, 1994
The war on drugs is over, but no one has told the frontline combatants. The shooting goes on because this country's top brass, from the president on down, are afraid to go public with the truth. Like Vietnam, this war is no longer fought with a strategic expectation of victory, Instead, it has degenerated into ritualistic mayhem with no useful end in sight.After more than ten years and the arrests of millions of citizens at a cost of more than $100 billion, not including the large expense of inc...
