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"America's Forgotten War"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the title of this piece in today's Washington Post.  The reference, of course, is to the war on drugs, and here are a few interesting excerpts from the piece: On June 17, America's longest-running war reached another milestone -- 37 years and counting, with no end in sight.  Hardly anyone noticed.  Neither of the leading presidential candidates mentioned the struggle that has cost hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars and countless American lives.  A Senate hearing was held to mark the anniversary, but hardly anyone came.... Declared by then-president Richard M. Nixon in 1971, the drug war no longer has the glitter it once had. Two decades ago, illicit imports of cocaine, heroin and marijuana and their use by Americans topped the list of public concerns in nationwide surveys at 22 percent...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 29, 2008 (boomark / email).