Tag: war on drugs

A pre-Mother’s Day press conference featured mothers who have lost family members to overdose, who are asking lawmakers to change their approach.

These policies show that problem drug use is a public health challenge to be managed, not a war that can be won.

"Advocates are hopeful that real marijuana reform benefiting those most affected by the War on Drugs could be around the corner."

Projecting this experience into the future, it seems likely that harm-reduction measures will be adopted progressively at local and national levels around the globe, while various endless and unsuccessful wars on drugs are curtailed or abandoned.

"This is a historic step forward for the movement to end marijuana prohibition."

If the Pentagon’s war-gamers are to be believed, far worse is yet to come.

More effective use of spreadsheets won’t solve the underlying problems of America’s wars or cure an addiction to policies that continue to fail.

While activists have won some important battles in putting an end to the costly debacle of the drug war, the fight will continue.