King County Bar Association: International Trends in Drug Policy
The report found that “the continued arrest, prosecution and incarceration of
persons violating the drug laws has failed to reduce the chronic societal
problem of drug abuse and its attendant public and economic costs. Further, the
Task Force found that toughening drug-related penalties has not resulted in
enhanced public safety nor has it deterred drug-related crime nor reduced
recidivism by removing drug offenders from the community.
link to: http://www.kcba.org/druglaw/pdf/report_it.pdf
