

“The war on drugs has never been about drugs.”
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In the past 40 years, the War on Drugs has accounted for 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and destroyed impoverished communities at home and abroad. Yet drugs are cheaper, purer, and more available today than ever. Where did we go wrong?
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Eugene Jarecki
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Joe Biden
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George H. W. Bush
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Rudolph Giuliani
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John McCain
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Nelson Rockefeller
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Hillary Clinton
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Bill Clinton
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Barack Obama
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Nancy Reagan
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Ronald Reagan
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Richard Nixon
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Jim Webb
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