Foreign Policy / By Ethan Nadelmann

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It's Time to Legalize Drugs

Rhetoric should not be driving drug policy. Legalization would strip addiction down to what it really is: a health issue.

December 20, 2007 |

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Ethan Nadelmann is founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance.

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