The Global Commission on Drug Policy released a report on Thursday arguing the "global war on drugs as failed.” The findings detail how criminalization of drugs and drug users has led to devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world. With millions of people involved in the cultivation, production and distribution of illicit drugs to some 250 million users worldwide, the question of what to do next is of grave importance.
For suggestions and strategies on how to tackle the issues of illicit drug use and its related crimes, we speak with Tom McLellan, professor at The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Tom served as the nation’s deputy Drug Czar and is currently the founding director of the Penn Center for Substance Abuse.
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Comments [3]
How about a War on Boredom? On Emptiness? On Hopelessness? On Ignorance?
A "War on Drugs" is like saying a "War on Walnuts" while forgetting the tree, the deep ground and the seed.
It always was a cheap phrase to throw around. Easy and requiring no thought whatsoever to regurgitate and perpetuate. And it sounds hardcore. People like that.
But it has nothing to do with the real problem of people having meaningful, challenging, satisfying alternatives in their lives, things many others enjoy and everyone has a right to, provided by better awareness, better environments and better education.
Sam From New Your:
Your Examples Are Examples of How An Insane-Mentally Disturbed Man Can Be Given The Right To Justify Anything-By Jumping From a Simple Brook-Easy Topic To Understand & Making That Simple Topic Complex, When Its Very Simple.
1.The Prescription Drugs Sold Are Highly Addictive, But Their Controlled.
2. Alcohol Kills More People Than The So Called [Illegal Drugs]
3. Marijuana & Various Other Illegal Narcotics, Like [Alcohol] Should Be Regulated [Now]
4. The War On Drugs Farce Is Over-Time To Face Facts.
If the argument to legalize drugs is valid, then how about legalizing murder, rape, even thieveries? They are all contrary to society's mores to begin with. There has not been any general acceptance of drug use as being "cool". Same as other wrong-headed behaviors, drug USERS should be prosecuted. We have failed to prosecute the drug users simultaneously (instead, we are so kind-hearted to say that the dopes are just sick in the head). The war has failed I believe is primarily due to the incompetence of the governments where the drugs are made.
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