Pubdate: Sun, 20 May 2001
Source: Houston Chronicle (TX)
Copyright: 2001 Houston Chronicle
Contact:  http://www.chron.com/
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Author: John Wells

BLACK MARKET ON DRUGS

Our policy-makers must refocus the war on drugs away from zero tolerance 
toward harm reduction. Neither new nor radical, this is based on four 
logical principles: common sense, science, public health and respect for 
individual rights. Our current drug laws embody none of these.

Until we embrace a principled drug policy, we will continue to have an 
unregulated black market with all of its negative fallout.

John Wells
Houston
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