It's Time to Declare Peace in the War against Drugs | Doug Bandow | Cato Institute: Commentary

It's Time to Declare Peace in the War against Drugs | Doug Bandow | Cato Institute: Commentary: 'Banning drugs raises their price, creates enormous profits for criminal entrepreneurs, thrusts even casual users into an illegal marketplace, encourages heavy users to commit property crimes to acquire higher-priced drugs, leaves violence the only means for dealers to resolve disputes, forces government to spend lavishly on enforcement, corrupts public officials and institutions, and undermines a free society. All of these effects are evident today and are reminiscent of Prohibition (of alcohol) in the early 20th Century.'