Trump's war on drugs could be lunacy

Since President Richard Nixon declared a “War on Drugs” in 1971, federal, state and local governments have spent an estimated [post_excerpt] trillion fighting it — and losing. Donald Trump now seems fully engaged in that futile conflict, adding his own twisted brand of violence. It’s not enough to bomb boats “suspected” of ferrying drugs to the United States. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military, after the initial strike, to “kill” survivors clinging to life rafts on the waters below. Shocked lawmakers, both Republican and Democratic, are calling such actions “war crimes.” The law of war authorizes the use...

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