Nobody is winning the war on drugs
SWnewsherald has recently published an online column by Jacob G. Hornberger on the war on drugs rejecting the notion that it is a winnable war.
From the article:
Of course, we’ve heard this type of “positive†drug-war nonsense for the past several decades, at least since Richard Nixon declared war on drugs back in the 1970s. What conservatives never tell us is how final “victory†will ultimately be measured. Like all other drug warriors for the past several decades, Last doesn’t say, “The statistics are so good that the drug war has now been won and therefore we can now end it,†but rather, “Victory is right around the corner. The statistics are getting better. Let’s keep going.â€
The only way to “win” the war on drugs is to end it.
July 26th, 2006 at 11:24 am
“Those who fail to remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
-Santayana
Inspired by this quote, New York trial lawyer John Nicholas Iannuzzi decided to pen his latest authorial achievement, CONDEMNED. In this controversial new book, Iannuzzzi uses history and legislative experience to support his stance on the legalization of drugs. He parallels the former laws of Alcohol Prohibition, which were intended to regulate and eliminate alcohol but actually created an illegal industry and corruption, with the present drug prohibition laws, which have given rise to decades of the violence and crime plaguing America and the rest of the world.
By legalizing and regulating drugs in the same way that alcohol has been controlled, Iannuzzi contends that society will have a three-fold benefit: eliminating trafficking and its cohorts violence and corruption, bringing in billions of legitimate tax dollars into the public coffers to better serve society, and eradicating the incalculable cost of fighting the ineffective “war on drugs.” Once trafficking is eliminated, addiction can be dealt with as the medical and psychological problem that it is.
If you would like to receive a review copy of CONDEMNED for your blog, or to set up an interview with John Iannuzzi, please feel free to contact me. I’d also be happy to email you a press kit for more information. I look forward to hearing from you.
Best Regards,
Matt