US CT: Column: Discuss Legalization On Its Merits

The Middletown Press, 21 Feb 2014 – A new conventional wisdom is on the rise: Drug prohibition, or “the war on drugs,” is a costly flop. It not only failed to cut drug use and associated social ills significantly but has also imposed additional social costs – or “catastrophic harm,” as my colleague Radley Balko put it – far exceeding the benefits.