After decades of being brutalized by the U.S. government's failed prohibitionist drug policies, Latin American leaders, including not just distinguished former presidents but also current presidents, are saying "enough is enough."

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At a time when increasing numbers of Americans are struggling financially and relying on public assistance, implementing mean-spirited and ineffectual mandatory drug-testing policies is both unconscionable and unconstitutional.

Drug poisoning is now the leading cause of injury-related death in the United States, but the government is ignoring crucial ways to change that tragic fact.

The California Medical Association (CMA) has adopted official policy recommending legalization and regulation of cannabis.

Friedman suggests here that we cannot wait to have a perfect replacement plan for the war on drugs in order to take action now. "If it is doing more harm, let's stop doing that harm and let's not wait until we have a fully worked-out, detailed plan for exactly what we are going to put in its place. Let's eliminate those features of it that are clearly and obviously doing the most harm. If the system is making a mess, it is a good thing to do something to change it even though you may not have a fully detailed alternative."