Drug fighting budget; Nixon = $100 million, Obama = $15 billion, annual global drug market = $320 billion (drugs, cost)

[lionking]

according to this article

AP IMPACT: US drug war has met none of its goals - Yahoo! News


quote~ "After 40 years, the United States' war on drugs has cost $1 trillion and hundreds of thousands of lives. Still drug use is rampant and violence even more brutal and widespread. Even U.S. drug czar Gil Kerlikowske concedes the strategy hasn't worked."

[AnUnidentifiedMale]

Yes, but I was glad to see this in the article:

"This week President Obama promised to "reduce drug use and the great damage it causes" with a new national policy that he said treats drug use more as a public health issue and focuses on prevention and treatment."

Treating drug use as a public health issue rather than a law enforcement issue is a step in the right direction.