Issues in International Political Economy: The High Cost of Criminalizing Drug Use
October 2007, Number 94
October 18, 2007
The "war" on narcotics continues to be waged with little to show for it other than occasional successful skirmishes (like Mexico’s recent drug seizure) at great cost in self-destruction and deep damage to other countries. The reality is that the current policy of criminalizing drug use is not working—and cannot be successful.