The "War on Drugs" hasn't worked. I don't like drugs, things like needle exchanges and needle parks just feel wrong to me; but they seem to do a better job at dealing with the issue than simply throwing people into jail. All that strategy seems to have done in the US is fill jails as fast as they can build them.
Perhaps it is time to put away the handcuffs and try something different.
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