[It] is impossible to hide the utter failure of the punitive and militaristic approach to drug control advocated by Washington over the last half century.
The United States teaches us a lesson. Ms. Leonhart, director of the Drug Enforcement Administration, left her job because of the scandal with her agents in Colombia.
This 'unexpected avalanche' against drug trafficking is not casual, nor does it come from nowhere. It has been prompted by very concrete and provable factors.