March 26, 2009 1:29PM 

# ‘We’re Failing. Let’s Keep Trying’ 

By [Juan Carlos Hidalgo](https://www.cato.org/people/juan-carlos-hidalgo) 

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s [diagnosis](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/25/AR2009032501034_pf.html) of the war on drugs:

> “Neither interdiction \[of drugs\] nor reducing demand have been successful.”
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> “We have been pursuing these strategies for 30 years.”
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> “Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade.”

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s prescription for the war on drugs:

> “We’ve got to take a hard look at what we can do to stop the bad guys”.

My [prognosis](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUAiK-FnE7g):

> “I think \[trying harder to stop the bad guys\] is going to fail.”

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