And a federal judge says it's becoming harder for cops to investigate real crime. Welcome to America's war on drugs. But our politicians still want to pour billions of tax dollars down this black hole. We've got to come up with something more effective, and more humane. Let's at least start a national dialogue about alternatives.
Recent events underscore why it's so important.
One episode was widely reported. As usual, the feckless twits in our federal government ducked responsibility and instead blamed the Peruvians. U.S. drug war policies essentially have made Latin America's skies a new kind of free-fire zone. Your U.S. tax dollars at work. But the second event wasn't even reported in mainstream American media.