New Research Shows War on Drugs has Failed to Reduce Supply and Access to Illegal Drugs in the US and Internationally

BMJ Open study shows illegal drugs cheaper, more potent despite law enforcement efforts

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 1, 2013. A new study published in the British Medical Journal Open finds that the prices of illegal drugs have generally declined while their purity has increased over the past twenty years, raising questions about the effectiveness of international law enforcement efforts to reduce drug supply.

Researchers from the International Centre for Science in Drug Policy reviewed two decades of global…