Titre : | Commonsense drug policy (1988) |
Auteurs : | E. A. NADELMANN |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Foreign Affairs (Vol.77, n°1, January-February 1998) |
Article en page(s) : | 111-126 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | SAN (Santé publique / Public health) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés PRODUIT ILLICITE ; POLITIQUE ; LUTTE ; REDUCTION DES RISQUES ET DES DOMMAGES ; TRAITEMENT DE MAINTENANCE ; METHADONE ; CANNABISThésaurus 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] |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Affiliation : | Lindesmith Center, New York, USA |
Cote : | A04204 |
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