Can the US Win Its War on Drugs?
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About 500,000 Americans today are incarcerated on drug charges. They include non-violent, first-time offenders put behind bars under strict mandatory sentencing laws enacted in the decades-long war on drugs. That war is also being waged overseas, involving considerable bloodshed and expense. VOA New York correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports that a number of former heads of government now believe that war cannot be won.