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America’s War on Drugs Sputters to an End
  17 Nov 2012     12:02 am

I’m going to make a bold prediction: America’s War on Drugs is now officially over.
Oh, no one in Washington is going to make any sort of announcement to confirm this, but take it from me: Our four-decades-old drug war strategy is now formally kaput. To be entirely honest, it has been sputtering along for years now accomplishing little and costing us upward of a trillion dollars.
Citizens in two states — Washington and Colorado — sealed the deal. They voted that marijuana should be legalized, no prescription or medical excuse needed. …