Paul Feine on America’s Longest War: A Film About Drug Prohibition

Drug
prohibition has failed, says Paul Feine. Drug usage rates have not
declined, and illegal drugs are more available—and cheaper—than
ever before. At the same time, the costs of the drug war are
staggering. More than $1 trillion taxpayer dollars have been spent.
More than 50,000 SWAT raids occur each year. Hundreds of thousands
of non-violent drug offenders are wasting their lives away in
prison at our expense. And more than 60,000 people have been
murdered in Mexico over the past six years. America’s Longest
War provides a brief history of drug prohibition,
beginning with Nixon’s declaration of war in 1971 and ending with
Obama’s broken promise to allow states to determine their own
medical marijuana policies. 

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