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In Claiming That Prohibition, Not The Drugs Themselves, Is The Problem, Nadelmann And Many Others - Even Policemen - Have Said That "the War On Drugs Is Lost." But To Demand A Yes Or No Answer To The Question "is The War Against Drugs Being Won?" Is Like Demanding A Yes Or No Answer To The Question "have You Stopped Beating Your Wife Yet?" Never Can An Unimaginative And Fundamentally Stupid Metaphor Have Exerted A More Baleful Effect Upon Proper Thought.
-Theodore Dalrymple
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In Claiming That Prohibition, Not The Drugs

Theodore Dalrymple
In Claiming That Prohibition, Not The Drugs Themselves, Is The Problem, Nadelmann And Many Others - Even Policemen - Have Said That "the War On Drugs Is Lost." But To Demand A Yes Or No Answer To The Question "is The War Against Drugs Being Won?" Is Like Demanding A Yes Or No Answer To The Question "have You Stopped Beating Your Wife Yet?" Never Can An Unimaginative And Fundamentally Stupid Metaphor Have Exerted A More Baleful Effect Upon Proper Thought.
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