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Supply-side war on drugs was and is a failure

By Shaun Fitl (CUP) When the war on drugs is doling out more death than the drugs themselves, is it time to re-evalute decriminalization? WATERLOO (CUP) — At a regional summit of Latin American leaders on March 25, Guatemalan president Otto Perez Molina announced his desire to end the taboo surrounding drug decriminalization and legalization. He said the past 40 years of war against drugs in his country has been a failure. Guatemala’s domestic drug production and consumption is relatively low, but it is a checkpoint for cocaine and other narcotics being smuggled northwards from producers like Columbia and Peru.…

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