News (Media Awareness Project) - US PA: PUB LTE: It's A Failure |
| Title: | US PA: PUB LTE: It's A Failure |
| Published On: | 2011-06-12 |
| Source: | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA) |
| Fetched On: | 2011-06-13 06:01:03 |
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v11/n360/a01.html
IT'S A FAILURE
As Tony Norman's June 3 column ("Easy Up in Drug War? Smart But
Unlikely") mentioned, the White House Office of National Drug Control
Policy immediately rejected the Global Commission on Drug Policy's
call for reform and defended the "balanced drug control efforts" of
the U.S. government. These "balanced" efforts have given the land of
the free the highest incarceration rate in the world.
Prohibition-related violence has caused upward of 35,000 deaths in
Mexico over the past four years. Despite criminal penalties, the
United States has higher rates of drug use than European countries
like Portugal that have decriminalized. This country can no longer
afford to throw good money after bad drug policy.
ROBERT SHARPE
Policy Analyst Common Sense for Drug Policy
Washington, D.C.
IT'S A FAILURE
As Tony Norman's June 3 column ("Easy Up in Drug War? Smart But
Unlikely") mentioned, the White House Office of National Drug Control
Policy immediately rejected the Global Commission on Drug Policy's
call for reform and defended the "balanced drug control efforts" of
the U.S. government. These "balanced" efforts have given the land of
the free the highest incarceration rate in the world.
Prohibition-related violence has caused upward of 35,000 deaths in
Mexico over the past four years. Despite criminal penalties, the
United States has higher rates of drug use than European countries
like Portugal that have decriminalized. This country can no longer
afford to throw good money after bad drug policy.
ROBERT SHARPE
Policy Analyst Common Sense for Drug Policy
Washington, D.C.
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