The Only Thing The War On Drugs Is “Successful” At Is Imprisoning African Americans

[GoLeft TV]

All of the available research tells us that America’s war on drugs has failed to yield the positive results that the government had hoped for. So maybe it’s time that we re-evaluate our drug policies.

Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this with author and journalist Thor Benson.

[jomin41]

1. Who is going to apologize for the drug war?

[Dont call me Shirley]

2. It's time to turn these for profit prisons into wholistic treatment facilities.

[63splitwindow]

3. It has also been wildly successful at...

pumping billions and billions of dollars into the law enforcement, criminal justice, and prison systems.

[Indydem]

4. Wrong.

The only thing the War on Drugs is "Successful" at is imprisoning AMERICANS.

You don't have to add the African part - millions of whites and latinos are in jail because of bullshit drug laws as well.

[tecelote]

5. The only thing the War on Drugs is "Successful" at is creating a profit

for low-life morally challenged assholes.