Pubdate: Sun, 23 Mar 2008
Source: Asheville Citizen-Times (NC)
Copyright: 2008 Asheville Citizen-Times
Contact:  http://www.citizen-times.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/863
Author: Peter Christopher

DRUG POLICIES OVERLOOK SCIENCE, COMMON SENSE

There is much overlooked finding solutions to our nation's drug woes.
Politics outweighs science or common sense.

Rarely is it mentioned every drug commission empanelled in the past
century to recommend solutions to drugs in society call for something
much different than what we have today. Big government has always
turned a blind eye to the more sensible approach of harm reduction and
regulation. The real truth of the internecine relationship of guns,
money and drugs worldwide is that they can only be reigned in through
drug regulation and treatment no matter what testimony the drug
abuse-law enforcement-prison industrial complex provides our elected.
You can read about past drug commissions at: 
http://www.druglibrary.org/Schaffer/LIBRARY/studies/cu/cu60.html.
How is it information like this always escapes government testimony
and especially the knowledge base of those fighting this war? "Cui
bono?"

Peter Christopher,

Hurdle Mills
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