THE WAR ON DRUGS Four score and seven years ago the US started a war, a civil war against its own citizens, a war on drugs. Dan Gardner, a reporter from the Ottawa Citizen says: Beginning in the early 20th century, most countries chose the most extreme policy available: some drugs were banned and their production, sale, or possession made a crime. Those who originally made this choice believed prohibition would create a drug free …showed first 75 words of 744 total…

…showed last 75 words of 744 total…Americans a year. It is quite clear that we are not reacting to the danger of drugs (McNamara 557). Works Cited Buckley, Jr. William; “It Isn’t Working”; Subject and Strategy 7th ed.; New York: St Martin’s 1996 Gardner, Dan; “The Pros and Cons of Prohibition”; The Ottawa Citizen; September 17, 2000 McNamara, Joseph; “The Drug War”; Vital Speeches of the Day; vol. 63, issue 17; June 15, 1997; p557 Taha, Baasher; “Preventing Drug Problems”; World Health, volume 4; Aug/Sept 1995; pp6-9