http://clipmarks.com/clipper/earnric/tag/drugs/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/earnric/tag/drugs/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/1E4C9807-FBB7-4463-B3E0-F7A09C325BB7/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/earnric/">earnric</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> The federal war on drugs has been a disaster from so many perspectives it boggles the mind.<br/><br/>Can you think of a better way to spend $500 BILLION? Not to mention filling our jails (more than 70% of people in jail are there on drug related offenses - most of them minor)... <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/17438347/how_america_lost_the_war_on_drugs" title="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/17438347/how_america_lost_the_war_on_drugs">www.rollingstone.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">All told, the United States has spent an estimated $500 billion to fight drugs - with very little to show for it. Cocaine is now as cheap as it was when Escobar died and more heavily used. Methamphetamine, barely a presence in 1993, is now used by 1.5 million Americans and may be more addictive than crack. We have nearly 500,000 people behind bars for drug crimes - a twelvefold increase since 1980 - with no discernible effect on the drug traffic. Virtually the only success the government can claim is the decline in the number of Americans who smoke marijuana - and even on that count, it is not clear that federal prevention programs are responsible.</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">drugs</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/government/" rel="tag">government</a></div>http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/17438347/how_america_lost_the_war_on_drugsWed, 09 Apr 2008 18:59:54 GMT