Tony Newman (communications director for the Drug Policy Alliance) published on AlterNet.com today what he sees as the “Five Essential Things” that need to be done to “Reform” the “Idiotic War on Drugs” - at least in the USA. The author lists five “opportunities” …. might as well quote him exactly
Below are five opportunities to engage our fellow citizens, discuss the enormous challenges we face, and come up with solutions to reduce the harms of both drug misuse and drug prohibition.
. The article is well worth reading (and acting to implement the intended discussions it recommends) - the reasons are the violence on the USA/Mexico border, the economic crisis of the moment, that Obama might be that rare reasonable man in the President’s Office, compassion for military veterans who are being treated wretchedly by the people for whom they sacrificed and the embarrassment of being the opposite of “home of the free” - the “Incarceration Nation” of the world.
There are some good comments on the story as well.
Mon 12 Jan 2009