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Supporters of the ‘War on Drugs’ love to quote former drug users who have now become avid supporters of drug prohibition. But it is just as easy to find former drug users who have now become unambiguous critics of the ‘War on Drugs’.
One of these is now the President of the USA. President Obama said in the US Senate that the ‘War on Drugs is an utter failure’. Opinion on drug policy is clearly changing around the world.
On May 14, the new US Drug Czar, Gil Kerlikowske, called for an end to the ‘War on Drugs’ in an interview in the Wall Street Journal. The limited benefits, high costs and serious unintended consequences of the ‘War on Drugs’ are now being increasingly recognised.
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