I just recently started watching the HBO show The Wire (I know, I know). One sentiment expressed by one of the police officer characters (sorry, I don’t have their names memorized yet) stuck with me. He said, the phrase “War on Drugs” is a misnomer. Why? Well… wars end.
Wars end. When will the federal government end the “War on Drugs”? When will they admit it’s unwinnable and try adopting a new strategy—namely, decriminalization? When will they give adults the choice: a dangerous, potentially lethal substance (alcohol), or a relatively benign one (marijuana)?
StoptheDrugWar.org delves into these question in their recent review of Marijuana Is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink? by Steve Fox, Paul Armentano, and Mason Tvert.
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