Wave the white flag, the war on drugs is lost

Regrettably, the New York Times does not go on to acknowledge how counter-productive the criminalization of drugs and the “War on Drugs” have been, raising the price of the drugs and thus richly fueling a powerful and deadly underworld here and in Columbia, Turkey and other countries, while wasting an estimated $30 billion a year on a futile and ineffective “war” when all federal, state and local costs are considered. (continue)