It's time to end dismally failed war on drugs
In a Chicago Sun-Times editorial, Rev. Jesse Jackson calls for an end to the war on drugs, starting with the decriminalization of marijuana.
Excerpt:
| We must use the 40th anniversary of a failed war to call that war into question. What if we treated drug addiction like alcohol addiction as a public health problem? Marijuana accounts for one-half of all drug arrests in the U.S.; decriminalizing it would save millions that could be used to treat addicts rather than arrest kids. Alternatives to incarceration should be preferred for those who pose no threat to others. |
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