I'd love to see the government admit that "We've lost the war on drugs and there is no hope of ever turning it around." Unfortunately it's unlikely to ever happen especially now that we have a prison-industrial complex that relies on drug-related prisoners for essentially slave labor and huge profits. 

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Interesting evidence on the effects of decriminalizing drugs, and instead focusing on rehabilitation:

http://www.unityrehab.com/rehab-corner/drug-rehab-instead-of-incarceration/

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While billions of dollars have been spent on our country's war on drugs, the number of those incarcerated for drug related charges continues to rise in both state and federal prisons. Maybe that's bec…

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