National Security: War on drugs

Joe Boyles Guest Columnist I had planned on writing this week about the situation in Minnesota with child welfare fraud, but the situation in Venezuela that unfolded this past weekend preempted my plan and takes priority. An oft-repeated phrase that presidents make is “the war on drugs” to address the huge cost and toll taken by illegal narcotics in our country. Most of this effort is directed toward narcotic demand and attempting to suppress the drug trade among our user population. Reca