"Just as prohibition of alcohol failed in the United States in the 1920s, the war on drugs has failed globally. Over the past 50 years, more than $1 trillion has been spent fighting this battle, and all we have to show for it is increased drug use, overflowing jails, billions of pounds and dollars of taxpayers’ money wasted, and thriving crime syndicates."—Virgin CEO Richard Branson, calling for an end to the "war on drugs."
Richard Branson: It’s time to end the failed war on drugs
Watch Jeanette go from pills to reefer to heroin in this 1961 anti-drug film
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Today is the 50th anniversary of Dock Ellis's legendary baseball no-hitter on LSD
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