Change is coming because the “war on drugs” is being convincingly won by
drugs, and the powerful criminal gangs who deal in them. Since 1998,
when the UN held an event entitled “A drug-free world: we can do it”,
consumption of cannabis (marijuana) and cocaine has risen by about 50%;
for opiates, it has more than trebled. And a swelling pharmacopoeia of
synthetic highs is spinning heads in dizzying new ways. The UN reckons
that 230m people used illegal drugs in 2010. They and their suppliers
(usually the humblest ones) fill prisons in rich and poor countries
alike. Drug convictions account for almost half of American prisoners in
federal jails.http://www.economist.com/news/international/21572184-experiments-legalisation-are-showing-what-post-war-approach-drug-control-could-look
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