News (Media Awareness Project) - CN BC: PUB LTE: The Lessons Of History |
| Title: | CN BC: PUB LTE: The Lessons Of History |
| Published On: | 2009-02-20 |
| Source: | Vancouver Sun (CN BC) |
| Fetched On: | 2009-02-25 21:11:06 |
THE LESSONS OF HISTORY
Ehor Boyanowsky is right. We can have prohibition of drugs, but
prohibition means we have to tolerate the violence that historically
goes with it. Alternatively, we can re-regulate the production,
distribution and consumption of drugs and redirect the resources
expended on policing to harm reduction, education and treatment. What
we can't have is prohibition without violence.
Craig Jones
Executive director
The John Howard Society of Canada
Kingston
Ehor Boyanowsky is right. We can have prohibition of drugs, but
prohibition means we have to tolerate the violence that historically
goes with it. Alternatively, we can re-regulate the production,
distribution and consumption of drugs and redirect the resources
expended on policing to harm reduction, education and treatment. What
we can't have is prohibition without violence.
Craig Jones
Executive director
The John Howard Society of Canada
Kingston
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