Global prohibition of drugs has been a failure. The world–especially its richest and most powerful nations–must shift towards health and human rights-based approaches.
For over a century, U.S. drug policy has prioritized punitive approaches under the guise of stopping drug use and production. The results have been drugs becoming cheaper, more available, and potent, record-high overdose deaths, and increasing violence from drug trafficking organizations.
The U.S. needs to acknowledge its role in creating and sustaining a prohibitionist model and the failures of its current drug policies. By emphasizing harm reduction and public health, the U.S. can play a pivotal role in reducing the harm caused by prohibition; transforming global drug policy.
Read Beyond the Drug War: A Health-First Approach to Global Drug Policy
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