News (Media Awareness Project) - CN AB: PUB LTE: The Answer To The Drug Problem |
Title: | CN AB: PUB LTE: The Answer To The Drug Problem |
Published On: | 2007-12-19 |
Source: | Edmonton Sun (CN AB) |
Fetched On: | 2008-01-10 22:41:01 |
THE ANSWER TO THE DRUG PROBLEM
The answer to the drug problem is regulation and proper and truthful
education. Many decades of drug studies and 80 years of prohibition
experiences have told us this. If we repealed prohibition and
regulated illegal drugs, as we do with alcohol and cigarettes,
millions of the tax dollars spent on enforcement of prohibition could
be used to properly educate the public about the dangers. Increase
the treatment centre beds for those who do end up addicted to any
drug. Not only will this take away the huge profits from violent
criminal organizations, it will seriously increase the safety of our
communities.
Keith Fagin
(Your theory's gaining support in some quarters.)
The answer to the drug problem is regulation and proper and truthful
education. Many decades of drug studies and 80 years of prohibition
experiences have told us this. If we repealed prohibition and
regulated illegal drugs, as we do with alcohol and cigarettes,
millions of the tax dollars spent on enforcement of prohibition could
be used to properly educate the public about the dangers. Increase
the treatment centre beds for those who do end up addicted to any
drug. Not only will this take away the huge profits from violent
criminal organizations, it will seriously increase the safety of our
communities.
Keith Fagin
(Your theory's gaining support in some quarters.)
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