To make drug policies more humane and more effective, the U.S. should rehabilitate non-violent, casual drug users, and undermine the power of organized crime. Full Story »
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A viewpoint well expressed. Former President Carter cites important statistics and reports to support his argument.
At the end of 1980, just before I left office, 500,000 people were incarcerated in America; at the end of 2009 the number was nearly 2.3 million. There are 743 people in ... More »
An important issue to add to the discussion in a year when states are struggling with difficult choices to balance their budgets, and drug-related violence has escalated to a dangerous extent in Mexico and is spreading in Central America.
in the 1980s President Ronald Reagan and Congress began to shift from balanced drug policies, including the treatment and rehabilitation of addicts, toward futile efforts ... More »
But in the 1980s President Ronald Reagan and Congress began to shift from balanced drug policies, including the treatment and rehabilitation of addicts, toward futile ... More »
Common sense says Jimmy Carter is right. When will we learn? The wasted lives and tax dollars is horrifying.
Straight forward, no nonsense commentary as we always got from Jimmy Carter. If America had listened to him and followed his advice we wouldn't be beholden to desert despots now and the economic crisis would never have happened.
As long as the American banks are making big money from laundering the drug money (recent article in News Trust), from Mexico, this very sensible policy will never be enacted. Some time ago I read a study that it is 30 times more cost effective to treat addicts than to try to stop drugs coming into the country in order to decrease the drug trade. Sorry I can't remember where I read this.
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