War on drugs

This war was long since lost. Enough rhetoric, enough jail filling mandatory sentences -- drug abuse is a public health issue. Let's follow Portugal's lead and move to treatment over pointless punishment.

Arianna Huffington:

When it comes to addressing America's disastrous war on drugs, the Obama administration is saying the right things. In his first interview since being confirmed, Obama's new drug czar, Gil Kerlikowske, said that we need to stop looking at our drug problem as a war. He also said that it was time to focus more on treatment and less on incarceration. But when it comes to putting its rhetoric into action, the administration has faltered. Its current budget is still overwhelmingly skewed in favor of the drug war approach -- indeed, it allocates more to drug enforcement and less to prevention than even George Bush did. So the question becomes: is the Obama administration really committed to a fundamental shift in America's approach to drug policy or is this about serving up a kinder, gentler drug war? Click here to read more.

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