Saturday, January 20, 2007
The Illusionary 'War on Drugs'
For decades, the RCMP and every other police agency in Canada has been fighting the illusionary 'War on Drugs' without measurable success. No doubt, drug dealers and organized crime groups view the police and the 'War On Drugs' as nothing more than a pesky inconvenient cost of doing business.
Despite the lack of success, Canada's New Government insists the idea of "enforcement" remains the path to victory. Such ideas are so typically social conservative, flat earth, square box thinking. When the government succumbs to the realization that treatment, prevention, and harm reduction are, at the very least, equal components in the arsenal on the 'War on Drugs' will we see our drug war tax dollars being spent wisely.
Despite the lack of success, Canada's New Government insists the idea of "enforcement" remains the path to victory. Such ideas are so typically social conservative, flat earth, square box thinking. When the government succumbs to the realization that treatment, prevention, and harm reduction are, at the very least, equal components in the arsenal on the 'War on Drugs' will we see our drug war tax dollars being spent wisely.
Labels: harm reduction, War on Drugs
