War on Drugs

After 80 years of the war on drugs, one media outlet admits the obvious:

"The international war on illegal drugs is failing to curb supply, despite the increasing amounts of resource being ploughed into law enforcement activities, finds research published in the online journal BMJ Open.

Since 1990, the street price of illegal drugs has fallen in real terms while the purity/potency of what's on offer has generally increased, both of which are indicators of availability."

But the war on drugs has been fabulously successful at stealing money, killing people and imprisoning millions. To our rulers, that makes it a resounding success.