Politics and Dharma

Observations on Texas Politics and Grassroots Action

20
Dec 2007
Six Lies to Fill Jails

The Drug Policy Alliance has produced an amazing essay on the current state of the War on Drugs, and it’s remarkable just how flimsy the theoretical basis of this delusion is. Ethan Nadelmann concisely obliterates six popular Drug War propaganda lines:

  • “The Global War on Drugs can Be Won”
  • “We Can Reduce the Demand for Drugs”
  • “Reducing the Supply of Drugs Is the Answer”
  • “U.S. Drug Policy Is the World’s Drug Policy”
  • “Afghan Opium Production Must Be Curbed”
  • “Legalization Will Never Happen”

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