I’ve taken down the Drug War Poll. The question I asked – what is your favorite aspect of the War on Drugs. Here are the vote results:
I only had 33 responses. Hopefully, future polls will draw more.
I could have included lots of other possible choices but didn’t in the interest of brevity. The poll was just there to remind people that we’ve been fighting this ridiculous war for 40 years and drug use is higher than ever. All we have to show for it is the highest prison population per capita of any developed nation. And the plethora of personal liberties we’ve given up to prosecute this unwinnable battle (as currently being fought) is staggering.
If we really wanted to do anything positive we’d focus on education and treatment instead of enforcement.