Pubdate: Wed, 20 Nov 2013
Source: Baltimore Sun (MD)
Copyright: 2013 The Baltimore Sun Company
Contact:  http://www.baltimoresun.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/37
Author: Brandon Levey
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v13/n545/a11.html

AMERICA'S FAILED DRUG POLICIES

Commentator Scott Soffen was spot-on about the U.S.' failed drug 
policy ("It's time to end the war on drugs," Nov. 12).

By any objective standard, our national drug policies have been an 
unmitigated disaster.

The U.S. is spending tens of billions of dollars a year perpetuating 
the same failed policies that do not solve the drug problem but 
instead exacerbate it, all the while stigmatizing users and 
disproportionately affecting low-income communities.

Sadly, there has not been nearly enough national leadership on this issue.

Brandon Levey, Baltimore The writer is chief of staff for the 
Criminal Justice Policy Foundation.
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