Saturday Open Thread [6.1.13]

Filed in Open Thread by on June 1, 2013

Today’s Open Thread is in the form of a Chart of the Day. Chart of the War on Drugs era, most probably. But this chart comes from a 2005 study, taking a look at trends in incarceration of drug offenders. It was cited over at Wonkblog this week, noting some of the small changes in the War on Drugs:

The Failure of the War on Drugs

Lots of people are going to jail or prison with drug offenses, yet the price of heroin and cocaine continues to drop. Meaning that the War on Drugs isn’t making even a dent in the supply of (or demand for) illegal drugs.

What will it take for policy makers to come to grips with this failure?

And what interests you today?

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  1. cassandra m says:
    June 2, 2013 at 9:14 am

    Related to this — a group of businessmen are looking to build a national brand of marijuana, and Vincente Fox joins them to ask the US to stop the War on Drugs.

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