New highs for global drug policy
As far as big societal shifts go, 2015 has been a remarkable year. One issue close to my heart that has seen changes unimaginable just a few years ago is global drug policy. I’ve long advocated for an end to the so-called war on drugs which continues to wreck millions of lives, causes untold suffering and has wasted trillions in taxpayer money. But I feel more confident than ever that this war will finally come to an end within the next generation.
This year has shown that people around the world are beginning to recognise just how ineffective our prohibitive and punitive drug laws have been. Following earlier moves to introduce regulated markets for cannabis in several US states and in Uruguay, policy makers elsewhere have been looking at the human rights and public health implications of the global war on drugs. And it’s not a pretty picture. Prohibition...
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