Here is a new publication from Cato, “How the War on Drugs Is Destroying Black America,” (pdf) by John McWhorter, who is a lecturer in linguistics and American Studies at Columbia University and a contributing editor to the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal and The New Republic. Here is his conclusion:

If we truly want to get past race in this country, we must be aware that it will never happen until the futile War on Drugs so familiar to us now is a memory. … The time to end the War on Drugs, therefore, is yesterday.

Read the whole thing. You can also listen to McWhorter’s speech by clicking here.

For additional Cato work related to drug policy, go here.