The Root: Why Won't Obama End The War On Drugs?

Many people, including a commission of former world leaders, have declared the "war on drugs" a failure. Why then, asks John McWhorter of The Root, has the Obama administration not taken steps to end it? It would be a "pro-black," and "pro-human" stance.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/06/17/137243512/the-root-why-wont-obama-end-the-war-on-drugs?ft=1&f=1057

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