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Drug prohibition has failed. What's next?
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8:48Now PlayingWhat comes in the wake of a failed war on drugs that is too expensive, unjust, counterproductive and deadly depends upon the lessons we learn from that failure and the policy experiments in legalization that have already taken place.
This video essay from Zach Weissmueller draws on a 2hour live conversation with Ethan Nadelmann, founder of the Drug Policy Alliance, and Reason's Nick Gillespie, which is available here
Referenced sources:
GallupAmericans’ views on legalizing marijuana
Washington PostHow Obama’s Spending Plan Would Change the Drug War
White HouseFederal Drug Control Funding Priorities
CDCDruginvolved overdose deaths 19992021
NIHOpioid Addiction Numbers
National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics30day drug use in the U.S.
YaleWhat the needles said.
Excerpt from Yale study: reduced HIV infections by 1/3
Does the evidence support supervised injection sites?
Excerpt from above study: Decrease in deaths, hospital calls, HIV
CBCSupervised consumption sites “A System of Chaos”
Alberta government study on supervised injection sites
Harm Reduction JournalScrutinizing the Alberta study on supervised consumption sites
Excerpt from above study: didn’t adequately measure police activity
Oregon LiveOregon’s Drug Decriminalization Sends Fewer than 1% to Treatment
Excerpt from report: ODs increased, addiction programs underfunded
Drug deaths in Portugal and EU
Prisoners sentenced
HIV rates
Pierre Anderson for the Swedish Drug Policy CentreDecriminalization of Drugs. What Can We Learn from Portugal? (2020)
From portugal report: use and possession are prohibited
Portugal report: consequence for being caught
Harper’sLegalize it All by Dan Baum
Edward Markey (DMA) and Rand Paul (RKY) Modernizing Opioid Treament Access Act
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