Pubdate: Wed, 15 Apr 2009
Source: Detroit News (MI)
Copyright: 2009 The Detroit News
Contact:  http://detnews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/126
Author: Robert Sharpe
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n418/a02.html

FUND TREATMENT, NOT WAR

The drug war has done little other than turn the land of the free into
the world's biggest jailer (Nolan Finley's April 9 column, "Save white
flag in the drug war"). If harsh penalties deterred illegal drug use,
the elusive goal of a "drug-free" America would have been achieved
decades ago. Instead of adding to what is already the highest
incarceration rate in the world, we should be funding cost-effective
drug treatment. The drug war is a cure worse than the disease.

Robert Sharpe

Policy Analyst

Common Sense for Drug Policy

Washington, D.C.
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