Addicted to the war on drugs: Just as we were wising up, President Trump has us back in an old-style fight against narcotics
by Grant Smith at NYDailyNews
"America and the world have learned hard lessons about the failings of the war on drugs.
For too long, we saw drugs as an invasion to be repelled rather than as a public health crisis to be answered. We treated drug addiction as a crime, not as a health issue. We incarcerated too many drug users and attacked the supply side of the problem, largely ignoring the demand.
But now, at the very moment we've reached a broad, bipartisan consensus and begun to reform our overly punitive policies at the state and federal level, President Trump is poised to turn back the clock." ...
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