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The Economist this week has a great article on the war on drugs, as well as the costs of the way we handle drugs in the US.  I have to admit, its one of the most balanced articles on the drug issue I've read in some time.  And its online! woo:) 

The case for legalisation 
Time for a puff of sanity

IT IS every parent's nightmare. A youngster slithers inexorably from a few
puffs on a joint, to a snort of cocaine, to the needle and addiction. It was
the flesh-creeping heart of "Traffic", a film about the descent into heroin
hell of a pretty young middle-class girl, and it is the terror that keeps drug
laws in place. It explains why even those politicians who puffed at a joint or
two in their youth hesitate to put the case for legalising drugs. (more ...)http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=709603&emaf=1

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