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End the War on Drugs

Posted by Gene Gene Tinelli, MD, PhD at 12:01 AM on January 6, 2009.


Make the public health system, rather than the criminal justice system, our priority in this area.

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Immediately establish a Presidential Commission to examine our current drugs policy, asking former Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders to be its Chairperson. Bias the selection of Committee members from those in the public health and harm reduction communities. We need to end the current war on drugs, especially since this is not a war on drugs but a war on people, particularly poor people of color. Make the public health system, rather than the criminal justice system, our priority in this area.

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