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Welcome to The War On Drugs
The UN was presented with a report from the Global Commission on Drug Policy, stating the war on drugs was a failure. Which makes now the time to open the legalization discussion to include cannabis and the other illicit drugs and how different drugs would need to be regulated for a humane and functional society.
We need to stop the harm that is being wrought by prohibition, by legalizing, taxing and controlling drugs. It is time to move away from the current drug policies which are leaving drug sales and their huge profits to the criminals, cartels and the black market.
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Quote of the month
"The war on drugs has been an utter failure. We need to rethink and decriminalize our nation's marijuana laws."
-Barack Obama, January 2004
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Anyone have any ideas how it will work with them and the National for who’s opening for who? I assume it will rotate but curious if this has been announced anywhere?
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Interesting episode that should fit here. He has a long history with drug policy and research I’ll copy and paste below.
https://www.podcasttheway.com/l/drug-policy/
Description copy and pasted:
America has faced four major drug epidemics, and many argue we're in another epidemic today. Today I spoke with Dr. Beau Kilmer about his research surrounding the problems, and possible solutions to our drug issues.
Bio: Beau Kilmer (he/him) is the McCauley Chair in Drug Policy Innovation, director of the RAND Drug Policy Research Center, and a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation. His research lies at the intersection of public health and public safety, with special emphasis on crime control, substance use, illegal markets, and public policy. Some of his current projects include analyzing the consequences of cannabis legalization (with a special focus on social equity); measuring the effect of 24/7 Sobriety programs on DUI, domestic violence, and mortality; facilitating San Francisco's Street-Level Drug Dealing Task Force; and evaluating the evidence and arguments made about implementing heroin-assisted treatment and supervised consumption sites.
Kilmer's publications have appeared in leading journals such as New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and his commentaries have been published by CNN, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and other outlets. His coauthored book on cannabis legalization was published by Oxford University Press and his coauthored book on the future of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids was published by RAND.
Kilmer received a NHTSA Public Service Award for his "leadership and innovation in the areas of alcohol and drug-impaired driving program and policy research" and his coauthored work on 24/7 Sobriety received honourable mention for the Behavioural Exchange Award for Outstanding Research. He received his Ph.D. in public policy from Harvard University, M.P.P. from UC Berkeley, and B.A. in international relations from Michigan State University.
The past couple decades have seen one victory after another in scaling back the destructive War on Drugs. Marijuana is now legal or decriminalized across most of the US. But there has been a pervasive failure among activists, lawmakers, and law enforcement to differentiate private legality from public use. As a result, drug use in public has surged, and has become a growing cause for concern. The data indicates that the public is primed for a backlash that could potentially roll back decades of progress.
https://americandreaming.substack.com/p/the-coming-anti-drug-backlash
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