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The war on drugs is lost
Sunday, January 23rd, 2011
Jan 23 2011
The illicit drug trade will continue as long as there is demand for drugs. Instead of sticking to failed policies, that do not reduce the profitability of the drug trade — and thus its power — we must redirect our efforts to the harm caused by drugs to people and societies, and to reducing consumption… But… Drugs are harmful to health. They undermine users’ decision-making capacity… Cutting consumption as much as possible must, therefore, be the main goal. But this requires treating drug users not as criminals to be incarcerated, but as patients to be cared for.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, Health, ideology, mental Health
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