Forty years later: Has the war on drugs failed?

Published May 16, 2010

Forty years later: Has the war on drugs failed?
EDITOR’S NOTE — Four decades after Richard Nixon declared war on drugs, more Americans use them and drug-related violence has gotten worse. This is the first in an occasional series of reports by The Associated Press examining why the drug war failed and why the U.S. and Mexico continue to fight a losing battle.