MJ's Expose': The War on Drugs

Mother Jones did an in depth review of the current issues involved with our never-ending war on drugs.

It's called Totally Wasted:  Just Who is Winning the War on Drugs?


Take the quiz.

I only scored a 60%.  RFK was the most strident drug warrior of the 1960s.  In 2004, the White House buried a study that found that a $1.4 billion anti-pot ad campaign had both increased first-time post usage among 14 - 16 year-olds and among whites.  I thought that Barry Goldwater or Strom Thurmond were more "drug warriors" than RFK.  I wasn't shocked about the study that the White House buried though.

The Drug War, By the Numbers by Celia Perry.

• 51% of possession arrests are for marijuana.