The War On Drugs Is Far Deadlier Than Most People Realize

"While accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said, 'The manner in which this war against drugs is being waged is equally or perhaps even more harmful than all the wars the world is fighting today, combined.' The death toll from the drug war is much less than the actual warfare throughout the world. However, his sentiment is quite appropriate because a significant percentage of the world’s violence could be prevented with a flick of a pen by ending the war on drugs."