Call Off the Global Drug War
		
				The New York Times (US)
Thursday, June 16, 2011
	
	
	Thursday, June 16, 2011
 In an extraordinary new initiative announced earlier this month, the Global Commission on Drug Policy has  made some courageous and profoundly important recommendations in a  report on how to bring more effective control over the illicit drug  trade. They probably won’t turn to the United States for advice. Drug policies  here are more punitive and counterproductive than in other democracies,  and have brought about an explosion in prison populations.
In an extraordinary new initiative announced earlier this month, the Global Commission on Drug Policy has  made some courageous and profoundly important recommendations in a  report on how to bring more effective control over the illicit drug  trade. They probably won’t turn to the United States for advice. Drug policies  here are more punitive and counterproductive than in other democracies,  and have brought about an explosion in prison populations.
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