You can bet that former President Trujillo knows the "War on Drugs" as well as anyone. When he was President of Columbia he was an enthusiastic partner in America's war on drugs. His government took down the Escobar cartel.
Twenty years on he's having second thoughts. Why?
Because he's not running for office and he's no longer sucking up to America and he feels free to tell the truth.
And the truth is that the War on Drugs has been a complete disaster.
Richard Nixon declared this war a couple of generations ago. It has cost America billions upon billions of dollars. It has filled America's prisons beyond the breaking point. It has filled prisons south of the Rio Grande even beyond that. It has cost hundreds of thousands of lives.
Ask your kid if they can buy drugs at their high school.
That's what would would be called an epic fail if we didn't have all kinds of reactionary politicians running around claiming that success is just around the corner.
Like Joe Biden's recent cheerleading trip to Mexico to reiterate America's commitment to the War on Drugs and remind the lesser people that exercising common sense will incurr the wrath of the Big Dog.
When Trujillo was in office he was considered a safe ally, a guy who could be relied on to do America's bidding and who in turn relied on America for support.
Now that he's not running for office, he can tell the truth.
Stop the idiotic war on drugs.
Legalize, regulate, and tax.
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