We've straight up lost the War on Drugs. You've come to terms with that, right? Friday at Orca Books author William L. Marcy will discuss his book - The Politics of Cocaine. The book investigates the role the United States played - through flawed policy and tactics - in building South America's cocaine economy, specifically the mistake of mixing anti Communism and anti drug policies and the absolute havoc and death it created.

[Orca Books, 6-8 p.m., free, 509 E. Fourth Ave., Olympia, 360.352.0123]