<em>"Even by conservative estimates, the War on Drugs now costs the United States $50 billion each year and has overcrowded prisons to the breaking point - all with little discernible impact on the drug trade. </em>

<em>A report by the Government Accountability Office released at the end of September estimated that ninety percent of the cocaine moving into the United States now arrives through Mexico, up from sixty-six percent in 2000.</em>

<em>... for all of the efforts the Bush administration has devoted to overseas drug enforcement, the price of cocaine has dropped while its purity has risen. More than forty percent of Americans support legalizing marijuana, yet the government continues to target pot smokers."</em>

A solid, sensible analysis of America's catastrophic drug war in <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17438347/how_america_lost_the_war_on_drugs" target="_blank">Rolling Stone</a>.