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2003, while its wholesale cost dropped by 84 percent over the same period. The purity
of street-level heroin nearly tripled, while its wholesale cost has dropped by more than
86 percent. The homicide rate skyrocketed through the 1970s and 1980s,
corresponding with increasing expenditures on enforcing prohibition.” 137
Dommer John Curtin beskriver strategiens ubehjelpelighet slik:
”In spite of the expenditure of billions of dollars, we have failed to reduce
consumption, to reduce violent crime, to cut importation, and to lessen the huge
profits gained by organized criminals. We have repeated the mistakes of Prohibition
with far more serious consequences. Criminal sanction has made for increased drug
use rather than opposite.” 138
Og dommer James Gray oppsummerer utviklingen:
“The War on Drugs has resulted in the loss of more civil liberties protections than has
any other phenomenon in our history. Instead of being shielded, our children are being
recruited into a lifestyle of of drug selling and drug usage by the current system. And
revolutionaries and insurgents abroad are using money procured from the illegal sale
of drugs to undermine legitimate governments all over the world. We could not have
achieved worse results if we had tried.” 139
Disse tjenestemennene er langt fra alene i sin kritikk. Gray forteller
videre:
“Our current Drug Prohibition policy is centered around the criminal justice system, in
which we judges are required to play a significant role. There may be a few judges in
this country who believe that our current drug policy is working, but they are surely a
small minority. (…) I have had many private conversations on this subject with other
judges, who know that the war on drugs have failed (…). But just like many politicians
and law enforcement officers, judges are also concerned about undermining their
effectiveness or exposing themselves to an electoral challenge by addressing this issue
publicly.” 140
Føderale myndigheter anslo i 1993 at rundt 50 av 680 veteran-dommere
(senior Judges) nektet å høre narkotikasaker, — et tall som sier noe om hvilke
samvittighetskvaler som er forbundet med håndhevelsen av lovene. Vanlige
dommere har ikke muligheten til å nekte, og får sparken om de forsøker seg på
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