On: How to stop the drug wars

[pg]

The only thing novel here is that it's The Economist saying it.

But that is in fact huge. This is practically The Establishment saying it.

[tdonia → pg]

they've stated this position before: "Hooked on just saying no" (1989) http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?story...

to get a better sense of where they're reacting to the full briefing from this weekend's issue is worth a read:

"On the trail of the traffickers" http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13234157

"Sniffy customers" http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13234124

"A toker's guide" http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13234134

"In America, lessons learned" http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13234144

and overall their perspective is well summarized by the cover art: http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayCover.cfm?url=/...

[lliiffee → pg]

On the other hand, The Economist has been against drug prohibition for a long time. (If I recall correctly) So it is questionable how novel this really is.