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44 years of the failed war on drugs - but the taboo is breaking

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 05/20/2015 - 09:37

Next month will mark 44 years since the war on drugs was declared by President Richard Nixon. It has been a categoric failure on every level, but for too long this was ignored. Now, slowly but surely, the taboo is finally breaking.

An important part of any trip in the US is making time to help break the taboo about drug policy with the support of community members. On a recent trip to Nevada, we hosted a screening ofBreaking the Taboo and panel discussion with experts and practitioners. But it was audience members who lost their children to preventable drug overdose whose voices put compelling names, faces and stories to the devastating effects of inhumane drug policy.

The Las Vegas screening and discussion of Breaking the Taboo featured former Prime Minister of Greece and fellow Global Drug Commission member George Papandreou, Ethan Nadelmann, and David Marlon, co-founder of...

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