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Drug war a flop, say Mexican, US officials

Hard to say what effect such things have on public policy, though it's certainly evidence of the erosion of consensus among elites around the drug war, but from the Los Angeles Times, we see reference to a new analysis from well-credentialed sources telling us:The United States' war on drugs has failed and will continue to do so as long as it emphasizes law enforcement and neglects the problem of consumption, a Washington think tank says in a report co-chaired by a former president of Mexico.The former president, Ernesto Zedillo, in an interview, called for a major rethinking of U.S. policy, which he said has been "asymmetrical" in demanding that countries such as Mexico stanch the flow of drugs northward, without successful efforts to stop the flow of guns south...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on November 30, 2008 (boomark / email).