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Re:NYC Paid McKinsey $27.5M to Stem Jail Violence. Instead, ... by pstuart on Sunday November 29, 2020 @02:18PM (#25247260)
The War on Drugs was literally designed to create more criminals -- and only in that has it been successful.
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Re:NYC Paid McKinsey $27.5M to Stem Jail Violence. Instead, ... by lawnchair_larry on Sunday November 29, 2020 @03:49PM (#25247948)
No, it was designed to reduce crime and drug availability. Nobody would design a program with the goal of creating more crime.
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Re:NYC Paid McKinsey $27.5M to Stem Jail Violence. Instead, ... by pstuart on Sunday November 29, 2020 @08:03PM (#25249717)
There's plenty of evidence out there that refutes your assumption (happy to provide it if you're interested).

It's not that they wanted more crime -- they wanted criminalized behavior to wield as a weapon against people of color (and hippies, in Nixon's case).

If it was ever about reducing harm from drugs there's plenty of better ways to do that, don't you think?

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