The War on Drugs

Failure Institutionalized: The Folly, Costs and Consequences of the War on Drugs

Please click on the hyperlink above to peruse my 20 page essay on the drug war as I look into its history, costs, harms, infractions on civil liberties, hypocrisy, racism, contribution to the U.S.’s deteriorating relationship with its domestic police forces, distorted economics and implications for the field of Medicine. I learned a great deal in writing it. I hope you’ll come away with a better understanding of the drug war’s impact on our nation and world, as well.