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[โ€“] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The war on drugs didn't fail. It's still an ongoing failure.

[โ€“] ahornsirup 10 points 3 months ago

Looking at it from the outside it doesn't look like a failure at all, it provides the prison industrial complex with an endless stream of ~~slaves~~ cheap prison labour. If we assume that that's the actual goal, it's a resounding success.