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Some good observations here<\/a> on the war on drugs, to wit, the DEA claiming success because it’s changed the rules by which success is measured.<\/p>\n

At one point, the DEA’s goal was to reduce drug usage by making drugs expensive, thus cutting demand. But despite massive increases in the DEA budget over the last couple of decades, street prices of heroin and cocaine (adjusted for purity and inflation) are down <\/i>80%.<\/p>\n

So the DEA simply claims that it’s being successful because it’s arresting lots of drug pushers.<\/p>\n

But drug policy isn’t about arresting pushers, it’s about reducing usage<\/i>. If that’s not happening, then the policy is a failure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some good observations here on the war on drugs, to wit, the DEA claiming success because it’s changed the rules by which success is measured. 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Inconceivable!The House voted,\u00a0219-189, to defund Department of Justice raids on marijuana dispensaries where a state has legalized medical marijuana usage. I am, frankly, flabbergasted ... by the rationality so displayed. Especially by the House.\ufeff Embedded Link Historic Day: Congress votes to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":28403,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/23\/war-on-drugs-becomes-more-kafkaesque.html","url_meta":{"origin":4094,"position":4},"title":"War on Drugs becomes more Kafkaesque","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 23-Jun-12 5:21pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Becase ALL DRUGS ARE EVIL DRUGS. Yeesh. 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