Drug war: “stymie” me at $65 billion, will you?
On the one hand we’re told:
WASHINGTON — More cocaine is likely to come into the United States from South America as the U.S. diverts resources from its drug-control strategy to hurricane relief and the war on terror, congressional investigators say.
The report prepared by the Government Accountability Office, an investigative arm of Congress, found that U.S. cocaine seizures from 2000 to 2004 increased by 68 percent to a record 196 metric tons in the “transit zone,” the area between the U.S. and South America.
On the other hand we’re told:
The report, an advance copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press, offers a sobering look at the future of government efforts to stymie America’s $65 billion illegal drug habit. (Link)
So despite a record increase in seizures, illegal drug sales still make for a $65 billion industry. In there any sense in which we can speak of that as a stymied effort?
When are we going to stop our silly pretending?
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