After 40 years, U.S. drug war failing to meet any of its goals
MEXICO CITY — After 40 years, the United States’ war on drugs has cost $1 trillion and hundreds of thousands of lives, and for what? Drug use is rampant and violence even more brutal and widespread.
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U.S. drug war goals unmet after 40 years
EDITOR’S NOTE — Four decades after Richard Nixon declared war on drugs, more Americans use them and drug-related violence has gotten worse.
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To Serve and Protect
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – The five hard bangs on the third-floor wooden apartment door come quick and deliberate, thud-thud-thud-thud-thud. The middle-aged woman who pulls open the door appears on edge when she stares out at two LAPD officers.
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