End the War on Drugs

On this date in 1971, President Richard Nixon declared “war on drugs” and announced  the creation os Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention.  Its first acting director was Dr. Jerome Jaffe.  Countless dollars and lives have been sacrificed on the alter that drugs should be treated as a law enforcement issue, rather than as a societal treatment problem.  It is the position of this blog that the War on Drugs is a failure and that it should be a priority to end the failed war on drugs.  This position is no longer a fringe position, but a pro-law enforcement stance that would generate revenue for our communities, eliminate gangs and inner-city crime and provide much needed prison space for violent offenders.  Join the war to end the war!