The Financial Cost As of 2023, the United States’ national debt has reached an astounding $34 trillion. This enormous figure reflects years of ineffective, wasteful fiscal policies, economic fluctuations, and substantial spending, particularly on the War on Drugs. Nixon’s war was aimed at reducing illegal drug use through strict enforcement and prohibition, but the result…
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. ~ Thomas Jefferson The above quote is one of my…
Narcotics have been prohibited for more than 100 years, yet their strength keeps increasing. Is prohibition to blame?
Abstract: Drug prohibition has been a cornerstone of global drug policy for decades. However, mounting evidence suggests that this approach is not only ineffective but also counterproductive in addressing drug-related issues. This article provides a comprehensive scientific analysis of why drug prohibition is failing to achieve its intended goals and proposes alternative strategies for mitigating…
It seems like every time I look at the internet, I see more bad news. It’s everywhere. Palestine attacking Israel. Vladimir Putin attacking Ukraine. Joe Biden attacking, well, Americans. So, instead of wallowing in all of this negativity, I decided to do something else. I decided to envision the type of world I want to…
For more than a century, but over the last 30 years especially, governments around the world have poured enormous amounts of money into combating the illicit drug trade through aggressive law enforcement and strict criminalization policies. However, as society evolves and perspectives on drug use and addiction shift, a growing chorus of voices is calling…
Quick Links The National Debt As of the time this article is published, the national debt will be just shy of 32 trillion dollars. That’s $32,000,000,000,000.00, or roughly $96,000 per citizen. This isn’t free money. We are selling our children’s futures to make our present slightly more comfortable. At some point, the bill will be…
$37,000,000,000. That’s how much money the government spends trying to rid drugs from America’s streets. Every. Single. Year. Source. According to the White House, Americans spend over $100,000,000,000 on illicit drugs. Each year. Source. That’s a lot of cheddar. This doesn’t take into account the number of jobs that would be created producing the substances…