Study: War on Drugs Not Working at All
Study: War on Drugs Not Working At All – “The controversial war on drugs not only costs a lot, it has done almost nothing to curb the drug addiction rate since 1970, according to this stunning chart by documentary filmmaker Matt Groff comparing the cost of drug control to the drug addiction rate. Groff used the rate of addiction to illicit drugs from the US Department of Health and Human Services, pairing it with federal drug control budget spending numbers from the International Centre for Science in Drug Policy. Groff, who made the chart for his new documentary on the drug war The 1315 Project, says that it shows the costly war on drugs simply isn’t working. A note: The numbers on this chart alone don’t add up to .5 trillion, which represents a more inclusive count of drug control spending, with prison costs and state level costs determined by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, but instead to 0 billion. Groff included that .5 trillion because the chart appears in the documentary as a source discusses that more complete amount.”* Cenk Uygur explains why the war on drugs isn’t working and why its indicative of a broken system that must be fixed. *Read more and see the original graph from Serena Dai and Matt Groff/The Atlantic Wire: www.theatlanticwire.com Support The Young Turks by Subscribing bit.ly Like Us on Facebook: www.fb.com Follow Us on Twitter: bit.ly Buy TYT Merch: theyoungturks.spreadshirt.com Find out how to watch The Young Turks on Current by clicking here: www.current.com
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