Drug War Chronicle

Un sondeo internacional que cubre a 54.000 personas en 17 países representando todas las regiones del planeta ha descubierto que EE.UU. es el líder mundial en los índices de consumo de cannabis y cocaína a pesar de décadas de políticas severas dirigidas a los usuarios. Son fuertes indicios de que las políticas de drogas severas no resultan necesariamente en índices menores de consumo, dijeron los investigadores.

¿Quién saca provecho de la prohibición de las drogas? Con este artículo iniciamos nuestra serie ocasional sobre los Intereses Creados de la Prohibición y empezamos con un <em>establishment</em> de la fuerza pública enriquecido con el botín de la lucha contra la droga.

Otro estudio importante ha mostrado que las políticas de drogas no afectan los índices de consumo de drogas y ya sabemos que la lucha contra la droga no influye en las ventas. Pero conocemos el daño que la prohibición hace. Entonces ¿de qué vale?

Another major study has shown that drug policy doesn't affect drug use rates, and we already know the drug war doesn't affect sales. But we know the harm that prohibition does. So what's the point?

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