Taking Control: Pathways to Drug Policies that Work
The obstacles to drug policy reform are both daunting and diverse. Powerful and established drug control bureaucracies, both national and international, staunchly defend status quo policies.
They seldom question whether their involvement and tactics in enforcing drug policy are doing more harm than good. Meanwhile, there is often a tendency to sensationalize each new “drug scare” in the media. And politicians regularly subscribe to the appealing rhetoric of “zero tolerance” and creating “drug free” societies rather than pursuing an informed approach based on evidence of what works. Popular associations of illicit drugs with ethnic and racial minorities stir fear and inspire harsh legislation. And enlightened reform advocates are routinely attacked as “soft on crime” or even “pro-drug.”
*Image is Al Capone’s Prison Cell during Alcohol Prohibition
Original Article (Global Commission on Drug Policy):
Taking Control: Pathways to Drug Policies that Work
Artwork Fair Use: Art Vandelay
