America's Drug Wars
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Stop the Drug War—It Has Failed

Legalize marijuana and cocaine, and the street prices will drop to zero. No profit margin = no dealers, no smugglers, and no crime.

Move the huge expenditures of the D.E.A. to social programs that focus on the poverty in America that leads to drug abuse.

The prohibition on alcohol in the early 1900s was the most violent period in American history.

You can't justify the laws against drugs while alcohol and cigarettes are heavily marketed to Americans.

John Smith
New York

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