The Global Commission on Drug Policy released it's results of the war on drugs and here's a quick article about it-
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110602/wl_n...commission
If you want the full write up, you can download the pdf here-
http://www.globalcommissionondrugs.org/Report
I've been saying all along that criminalizing drugs was the wrong way to go about it, but not many people in the U.S. want to hear it. All the crime surrounding drugs is because of its criminalization, and if we just educate people how to use them, they wouldn't be the problem in our society that they are.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying this is a fix all. People will do stupid things on drugs like they do now with the one legal drug, alcohol. But alcohol seems to get a pass on its detrimental effects on people, while the other drugs are chastised for it. The only difference between alcohol and other drugs are their social origins.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110602/wl_n...commission
If you want the full write up, you can download the pdf here-
http://www.globalcommissionondrugs.org/Report
I've been saying all along that criminalizing drugs was the wrong way to go about it, but not many people in the U.S. want to hear it. All the crime surrounding drugs is because of its criminalization, and if we just educate people how to use them, they wouldn't be the problem in our society that they are.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying this is a fix all. People will do stupid things on drugs like they do now with the one legal drug, alcohol. But alcohol seems to get a pass on its detrimental effects on people, while the other drugs are chastised for it. The only difference between alcohol and other drugs are their social origins.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
