This is quite close to the plot of the The Wire. It's amazing that, 20 years later, we're still having the exact same discussions. Although I suppose that David

This is quite close to the plot of the The Wire. It's amazing that, 20 years later, we're still having the exact same discussions. Although I suppose that David Simon knew that, when he was working on The Wire, he was in some ways reproducing the same structures that have been in place since the "War on Drugs" and the '70s.