Did Cartagena mark the beginning of the end of the war on drugs?
Slowly but surely, world leaders are beginning to admit that
their war on drugs is not working. Reform is now unavoidable
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Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia Barack Obama at
the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia. Photograph:
Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images  Dominated by Anglo/Latin discord
and the improprieties of Barack Obama's entourage, the most
recent Summit of Americas in the Colombian city of Cartagena
appears at first glance to have been a waste of jet fuel. But
while lurid tales of secret service agents behaving like
hirelings on a piss-up tour make for tasty headlines, the summit
could well be remembered not for its failures, but as the
beginning of the end of the war on drugs.  The significance of
what transpired over the weekend cannot be overstated: in years
past, we've seen countless instances of former leaders, judges
and law enforcement office