Drug War Rethink Long Overdue
By Ammoland
Editors Note: Illegal drug distribution rings are a major source of so called “illegal guns”, a better word would be crime guns. Want to really do something about “illegal guns” change the way we fight the war on drugs.
New Hampshire – -(Ammoland.com)- Illegal drug overdose deaths have rocketed into a crisis policy challenge, claiming a staggering 325 New Hampshire lives last year, three times our traffic fatalities.
Unfortunately, we are hearing same-same from most of our political leaders: tinker around the edges with good ideas that will help (but not nearly enough) and toughen up on the drug war.
The global 50-year, $1 trillion war on drugs is a flagrant policy failure in urgent need of a thorough, evidence-based rethink. Here are the facts:
Supply interdiction drives up violence and drug supplier profits.
- Global illegal drug demand is now $320 billion annually.
- Since 2006, drug trade violence stemming largely from U.S. demand has killed over 100,000 people in Mexico alone.
- U.S. taxpayers spent $7.5 billion last year attempting to eradicate production of opium (the raw material for heroin) in Afghanistan, yet cultivation there has reached record levels, supplying ¾ of global demand and occupying …read more
Source:: AmmoLand
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