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Entries by Dan Werb from 07/2012

Canada's Addiction to the War on Drugs Has Ugly Side-Effects

| Posted 07.06.2012 | Canada Politics

In the case of Canada and the United States, our addiction to the war on drugs, coupled with an insatiable demand for drugs themselves, has proved a deadly cocktail for those countries unlucky enough to exist along the supply chain. Rather than stifle drug supply, it appears to have fueled it, as estimates suggest that Mexican heroin production has increased 340 per cent since the drug war was launched.