As the Western Hemisphere's leaders begin their Summit of the Americas today in Trinidad and Tobago, the issue that dare not speak its name should be front and centre, as it was at the World Economic Forum here this week, but won't be.
The issue is the United States' foolish and expensive War on Drugs, which has not worked and threatens to ruin Mexico, Bolivia and Ecuador as it has ruined Colombia.
The issue was articulated this week at the Forum confab when a former Colombian president made an impassioned appeal for leaders in Latin America to condemn the War on Drugs because it threatens the stability of many countries in the hemisphere.
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