As long as nuclear weapons exist, the chances of survival of the human species are quite slight.

Now take a look at the way the Drug War is conducted over the past 40 years. It goes back farther, but start from 40 years ago: There's very little spent on prevention and treatment. There's a lot on policing, a ton of stuff on border control and a lot on out-of-country operations. And the effect on the availability of drugs is almost undetectable; drug prices don't change on measures of availability. So there are two possibilities: Either those conducting the Drug War are lunatics, or they have another purpose.

The change between horse and buggy to automobile is a big change and there hasn't been a major change since.

We are entering a period of human history that may provide an answer to the question of whether it is better to be smart than stupid.

I was told by journalists who can't publish it that there are in Mexico, close to the U.S. border, big areas that used to be devoted to agriculture that are now devoted to poppies. They say you can't get in there because they're guarded, first by the cartels, but also by the army, which goes hand in hand with the cartels.

Efforts can succeed over time, and not trying ensures that the worst will happen.

If something is repeated over and over as obvious, the chances are that it is obviously false.