drug control policies – American Delusions

The US Wins Again – Incarceration in Global Context

October 4, 2017 Comments Off

The US Wins Again – Incarceration in Global Context Americans love to think of the country as No 1 in every dimension. Richest, most powerful, most freedom, most dynamic economy, best healthcare, best sports teams, best education and on and on…… there are some things that we are No. 1 --->> read more -->>

The War on Drugs Is a Failure – The Gregory Brothers’ video

April 20, 2013 Comments Off

Why waste endless words on this topic? I stumbled on this video, “The Drug War Is a Failure” by the Gregory Brothers via the New York Times. While poking about on YouTube I found more by these folks, “We Don’t Treat Alcoholics Like This” Then for fun here is their --->> read more -->>

America’s Longest War – a socio-political-military disaster – indicted by Global Commission on Drug Policy

June 12, 2011 Comments Off

Report of the Global Commission on Drug Policy Last week this commission released its report, “War on Drugs“. This once again brings into focus our longest war, Nixon’s War on Drugs. Here are the first two paragraphs from the executive summary: The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating --->> read more -->>