Historique
Article de Périodique
Commonsense drug policy (1988)
Auteur(s) :
NADELMANN, E. A.
Année
1988
Page(s) :
111-126
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
SAN (Santé publique / Public health)
Thésaurus mots-clés
PRODUIT ILLICITE
;
POLITIQUE
;
LUTTE
;
REDUCTION DES RISQUES ET DES DOMMAGES
;
TRAITEMENT DE MAINTENANCE
;
METHADONE
;
CANNABIS
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
;
EUROPE
Résumé :
In 1988 Congress passed a resolution proclaiming its goal of "a drug-free America by 1995." U.S. drug policy has failed persistently over the decades because it has preferred such rhetoric to reality, and moralism to pragmatism. Politicians confess their youthful indiscretions, then call for tougher drug laws. Drug control officials make assertions with no basis in fact or science. Police officers, generals, politicians, and guardians of public morals qualify as drug czars-but not, to date, a single doctor or public health figure. Independent commissions are appointed to evaluate drug policies, only to see their recommendations ignored as politically risky. And drug policies are designed, implemented, and enforced with virtually no input from the millions of Americans they affect most: drug users. Drug abuse is a serious problem, both for individual citizens and society at large, but the "war on drugs" has made matters worse, not better. [Extract]
Affiliation :
Lindesmith Center, New York, USA
Cote :
A04204