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News (Media Awareness Project) - US TX: PUB LTE: UN Has Clear View Of Drug Problem
Title:US TX: PUB LTE: UN Has Clear View Of Drug Problem
Published On:2001-05-17
Source:Brazosports Facts, The (TX)
Fetched On:2008-01-25 19:20:59
U.N. HAS CLEAR VIEW OF DRUG PROBLEM

I am glad the U.N. kicked the U.S. off of the International Narcotics
Control Board. The world body is rejecting the failed U.S. approach to
fighting the war on drugs. Instead of trying some enlightened methods, such
as those in Europe where drug use is less prevalent than in the U.S., we
continue to use the same old tactics that don't work and would like to
spread these same tactics globally.

I am not surprised that the U.N. removed the U.S. from the Human Rights
Commission either. We have more people in prison than anyone else in the
world (largely due to drug policy), we routinely weaken or ignore our own
constitutional rights to further the war on drugs, we selectively target
and incarcerate drug possession cases based on race and have harsh
penalties for drug possession that often do not reflect the actual harm
associated with the drugs involved.

Doctors do not adequately treat those in pain out of fear of the DEA. And
unlike other countries, at the federal level, we refuse to even look at the
medicinal properties of marijuana.

The U.S. government continues to use propaganda, rather than facts, to
garner support for continuing to fight a war against its own citizens.

Fortunately, the world body has a clearer picture of the actual facts.

I say good for the U.N.!

Steve Helms
Southlake
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