Articles Posted in War on Drugs

ABC news has a compelling and tragic story of Iraq War veterans struggling with drug addiction. The stress of combat, failure of prescription meds, and easy access to controlled substances (despite 70 years of prohibition) has turned some veterans into addicts.

I hope we treat the soldiers better than the average drug defendant. I challenge any drug warrior to argue for the arrest of these brave soldiers.

Not every American who is an addict is overcoming the stress of war. This story highlights that addiction is a disease with different causes. These soldiers deserve help and treatment, not jail.

Obama gave a fairly candid account of his past “experimentation” with illegal drugs.

ABC News’ Sunlen Miller Reports: Democratic candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.,

spoke candidly Tuesday about experimenting with drugs while he was in high

DMN has a story on how Mexican drug cartles are using teenage hitmen to further their drug trade interests in the United States. Drug war violence, so long associated with Mexico, is coming to the USA, brought to you by the DEA. Grits For Breakfast does an excellent job breaking the story down (do you ever sleep Scott?).

The only way to stop these teenage hitmen is to put their bosses out of business. The DEA has had 35 years to put Mexican drug cartels out of business. They have wasted billions, incarerated thousands, and failed miserably to stop organized crime from selling drugs. When will we let the free market put these gangs out of business?