Even if you think it is government's function to keep its people off drugs (which ones?) the above numbers show we have some really stupid generals running the war. I'll let you draw your own conclusions about the people supporting those generals.If there is one number that embodies the seemingly intractable challenge imposed by the illegal drug trade on the relationship between the United States and Mexico, it is $177.26. That is the retail price, according to Drug Enforcement Administration data, of one gram of pure cocaine from your typical local pusher. That is 74 percent cheaper than it was 30 years ago.
This number contains pretty much all you need to evaluate the Mexican and American governments’ “war” to eradicate illegal drugs from the streets of the United States. They would do well to heed its message. What it says is that the struggle on which they have spent billions of dollars and lost tens of thousands of lives over the last four decades has failed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/04/busin ... wanted=all
Frontal Assaults Are Stupid
Frontal Assaults Are Stupid
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