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America's Lost War on Drugs
ResumeCritics say the War on Drugs is lost — half a million people in prison for drug crimes, while the cartels remain two steps ahead of the Feds.
Now, with a new billion-plus dollar plan to go after Mexican cartels, will we repeat the mistakes of the past?
This hour, On Point: America's lost war on drugs, and the search for a new way.
-Jayne Clayson
Guests:
Ben Wallace-Wells, Contributing Editor at Rolling Stone Magazine.
Ethan Brown, author of the just-released "Snitch: Informants, Cooperators, and the Corruption of Justice."
This program aired on December 13, 2007.