More Calls For Change In America's War On Drugs

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The federal government of the United States spent over $15,000,000,000 on the "War on Drugs" in 2010. The modern war has cost hundreds of billions of dollars over three decades, incarcerated millions of non-violent drug offenders, and killed thousands of innocent victims. It is a huge price to pay for a few tactical successes and an elusive victory on a national scale if one can be identified at all. In the past decade, there has been a growing chorus calling for a reevaluation of this costly and futile policy. Earlier this month, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie became the latest high profile individual to declare this well-intentioned program a failure.

National Review Online's Rich Lowery provides coverage and commentary here. Thanks to CSPAN3, a video of Christie's remarks can be viewed here beginning at 26:15 in the program.