"Looking to the United States as a role model for drug control is like looking to apartheid-era South Africa for how to deal with race," Dr. Ethan Nadelmann writes in detailing the failure of prohibition at home.
After surveying other countries, like Afghanistan, he concludes: Global drug prohibition is clearly a costly disaster. The United Nations has estimated the value of the global market in illicit drugs at $400 billion, or 6 percent of global trade. The extraordinary profits available to those willing to assume the risks enrich criminals, terrorists, violent political insurgents, and corrupt politicians and governments. Many cities, states, and even countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Asia are reminiscent of Chicago under Al Capone - times 50.
By bringing the market for drugs out into the open, legalization would radically change all that for the better.
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I couldn't agree more but doubt I'll see a new direction here in my lifetime.
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