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Reviving the war on drugs will further harm police-community relations

  • Written by Dean A. Dabney, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice & Criminology, Georgia State University
imageAn officer and his dog walk the halls at a school in Indianapolis.AP Photo/Michael Conroy

The United States has been waging a war on drugs for nearly 50 years.

Hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent on this long campaign to thwart the production, distribution, sale and use of illegal drugs. This sustained investment has resulted in millions...

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