Richard Branson - It’s time to end the failed war on drugs(telegraph.co.uk)
telegraph.co.uk
Richard Branson - It’s time to end the failed war on drugs
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9031855/Its-time-to-end-the-failed-war-on-drugs.html
1 comments
On the one hand I don't understand how this guy can be considered an expert on the subject. On the other hand, legalizing drug use is not a panacea, just a tiny step in a better direction, as the data shows.
If only politics was data-driven...
This study ranked alcohol as the fifth most harmful drug, behind heroin, cocaine, barbiturates, and street methadone, and yet it is not included in the 'war on drugs': http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673...
See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6474053.stm for a second hand report.
This study ranked alcohol as the fifth most harmful drug, behind heroin, cocaine, barbiturates, and street methadone, and yet it is not included in the 'war on drugs': http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673...
See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6474053.stm for a second hand report.