What’s the drug war about? American psychosis, born of racism, but now one humongous wholly misguided attempt to put children into a protective bubble. But now there is some hope for change in the right direction, according to Ethan Nadelmann’s TED talk. He is Director of Drug Policy Alliance. Brilliant talk, concluding with a call to end the drug war.
Time to end the “war on drugs”
- Post author:Erich Vieth
- Post published:November 12, 2014
- Post category:Anti-science / Drug laws / Health / Politics
- Post comments:1 Comment
Erich Vieth
Erich Vieth is an attorney focusing on civil rights (including First Amendment), consumer law litigation and appellate practice. At this website often writes about censorship, corporate news media corruption and cognitive science. He is also a working musician, artist and a writer, having founded Dangerous Intersection in 2006. Erich lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his two daughters.
I would change this slightly, to say that it is time to replace the “war on drugs” with sensible medical care. Drug addiction is primarily a medical condition and should be treated as such. Handling addiction as a crime forces it underground, where it can remain untreated and entrenched — not unlike the problem of ebola in Africa, where people in some towns deny that the disease exists and, thereby, enable it to flourish.