The War On Drugs Is A Failure - Learn Liberty

Disclaimer: This interview was produced in 2016 by the Institute For Humane Studies, prior to Students For Liberty's acquisition of Learn Liberty. The opinions of this interviewer are his own and are not that of SFL.

According to professor Steve Davies, “In terms of its own goals, the war on drugs is a catastrophic policy failure.”

When you create a system that leads to mass incarceration, a network of international crime, and funds terrorism-- without accomplishing what it set out to accomplish-- that program should probably be revisited.

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TRANSCRIPT:
According to professor Steve Davies, “In terms of its own goals, the war on drugs is a catastrophic policy failure.”

When you create a system that leads to mass incarceration, a network of international crime, and funds terrorism-- without accomplishing what it set out to accomplish-- that program should probably be revisited.

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