We have filled our prisons with drug offenders — and diverted criminal justice resources and personnel away from serious crimes to wage the drug war.

Washington’s supply-side campaign was meant to stem the flow of drugs into the United States. But — the evidence is glaringly clear — that campaign has not worked, is not working and, given economic realities, will not work.

That is not to suggest that the influence of the drug trade is a benign one — or that Latin American countries would not be better off if the trafficking organizations were less powerful. 

Reassessing policies What worries me much more, though, is the exaggerated importance which the drug trade has acquired over the course of the campaign. It is an economic distortion caused by foolish policies adopted in Washington and the drug-source countries themselves.

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