"War on Drugs" turns 40

It's over-the-hill and picking up "speed"...

July 14th is the 40th anniversary of Nixon coining that phrase in a special speech to Congress and the inauguration of aggressive foreign and domestic anti-drug initiatives (hat tip: World).

Obama's office of National Drug Control Policy has officially moved away from using this term, but at least so far, little has changed in terms on the ground.

Aside from being unconstitutional, unethical (especially in the costs imposed on innocents), counter to what the Founding Fathers would have wanted, and impractical-- it's been a wonderful policy!