The War on Drugs or the War on the Poor?

Photograph Source: Christopher “Rice” from Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America – CC BY-SA 2.0

The constant insistence of the US discourse on the war on drugs seems to reflect a moral crusade by successive US administrations to rid their country of drug use. However, the truth is far removed from this simplistic idea that is often perpetuated by the mass media. In reality, what the so-called ‘War on Drugs’ seeks to achieve, as demonstrated by our region’s history, is a facade for the...