Drugs Won the War - NYTimes.com
The whole thing is gold (yay visibility!) and includes input from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)! Here are a few of my fave excerpts, but seriously - just read the whole gosh darn thing and rejoice REJOICE at the visibility this gives sensible drug policy!
Here in the United States, four decades of drug war have had three consequences:Concise, awesome description, huh? Continuing onward:
First, we have vastly increased the proportion of our population in prisons…
…Second, we have empowered criminals at home and terrorists abroad…
…Third, we have squandered resources.I’ve seen lives destroyed by drugs, and many neighbors in my hometown of Yamhill, Oregon, have had their lives ripped apart by crystal meth. Yet I find people like Mr. Stamper [who is the former police chief of Seattle and an active member of LEAP] persuasive when they argue that if our aim is to reduce the influence of harmful drugs, we can do better.Read it all. Now!
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