http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/02/us-drugs-commission-idUSTRE7513XW20110602

The article above is a global look at the war on drugs and policies regarding it. “A high-profile group of global leaders declared the “war on drugs” a failure on Thursday and urged governments to consider decriminalizing drugs in a bid to cut consumption and weaken the power of organized crime gangs.” It will be used to strengthen my overall point that there are better ways to deal with the problem of drugs

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/04/ron-paul-war-on-drugs-prohibition_n_1183353.html

This source shows presidential candidate Ron Paul’s extreme opinion on the war on drugs i will compare his opinion to other white house personnel such as obama.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1887488,00.html

This is a brief history of the war on drugs as told by the critically aclaimed Time Magazine. I will use it to get background information on my topic.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp

This the opposite of the Ron Paul article it is a full site on the white houses position on the war on drugs. It will help me compare the two very different positions held.

http://reason.com/archives/2002/01/01/statistics-from-the-war-on-dru/singlepage

this is strictly statistics based on the war it will be used to add much needed quantitative information to my paper