Post by ck4829 on Feb 16, 2022 17:31:39 GMT
Why America is losing the war on drugs
Ever since President Nixon declared the war on drugs in 1970, every president has added additional resources.
A half century and $1.5 trillion later, drugs are readily available in every city, town and village in America. Any school child can purchase drugs, and many do. One hundred thousand Americans die of overdoses each year, and that rate has doubled every decade since the 1970s. We have homeless addicts walking the streets. By every measure, the war on drugs has been an abject failure.
In spite of all the evidence to the contrary, politicians toss out sound bites suggesting the war can be won if we just get a little tougher with addicts and dealers. Today, nearly 1% of adult Americans (0.88%) are incarcerated.
We have more jailed people than any country on earth, even places like China with draconian laws and larger populations.
www.timesnews.net/opinion/blogs/why-america-is-losing-the-war-on-drugs/article_efa9eedc-8450-11ec-873f-f376cc24280c.html
Ever since President Nixon declared the war on drugs in 1970, every president has added additional resources.
A half century and $1.5 trillion later, drugs are readily available in every city, town and village in America. Any school child can purchase drugs, and many do. One hundred thousand Americans die of overdoses each year, and that rate has doubled every decade since the 1970s. We have homeless addicts walking the streets. By every measure, the war on drugs has been an abject failure.
In spite of all the evidence to the contrary, politicians toss out sound bites suggesting the war can be won if we just get a little tougher with addicts and dealers. Today, nearly 1% of adult Americans (0.88%) are incarcerated.
We have more jailed people than any country on earth, even places like China with draconian laws and larger populations.
www.timesnews.net/opinion/blogs/why-america-is-losing-the-war-on-drugs/article_efa9eedc-8450-11ec-873f-f376cc24280c.html