The L.A. Times reports that the US's War On Drugs is a failure.

Former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo, who helped supervise the Brookings Institution study, says Washington needs to focus on consumption in addition to targeting traffickers.

Reporting from Mexico City -- The United States' war on drugs has failed and will continue to do so as long as it emphasizes law enforcement and neglects the problem of consumption, a Washington think tank says in a report co-chaired by a former president of Mexico.

It's certainly not news that the war on drugs has been less than successful over the years, but it's time we think and talk about it again. With any luck, as the article mentions, we'll get some sane administration in the USA to get things on the right track again.

George Bush says we are losing the war on drugs. You know what that implies? There's a war being fought, and people on drugs are winning it! Hahahah! What does THAT tell you about drugs? some smart, creative people on that side. They're winning a war, and they're fucked up! Hahahah! Are we winning? It's like, they fight the war on drugs like the colonials fought the Indians, right? They're walking in a straight line in red coats; drug users are like Indians. They're up in the trees, going *puff puff puff* "Are they fighting us? *exhale* I guess we're winning by default! Hah hahah! No combat, we're ahead!

"This report makes it more important than ever that we get past outdated, anachronistic views of marijuana," said John Walters, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.

The US Government believes the increase in potency is down to sophisticated growing techniques used by drug traffickers.

He said baby boomer parents might have misguided notions that the drug contains the weaker potency levels of the 1970s but said it can cause psychological, cognitive and respiratory problems, and lead users to "harder" drugs such as cocaine and heroin.