Pubdate: Sat, 12 Sep 2015
Source: Boston Globe (MA)
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Author: Robert Sharpe
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v15/n508/a06.html

A Renewed War on Drugs?

PROHIBITION DOESN'T FIGHT CRIME, IT FUELS IT

William Bennett and John Walters are wrong. Heroin is making a 
comeback because a federal crackdown on prescription narcotics is 
driving opioid users to street heroin. The drug war is the problem, 
not the solution.

Attempts to eliminate the supply of drugs while demand remains 
constant only increase the profitability of illegal drug trafficking. 
For addictive drugs such as heroin, a spike in street prices leads 
desperate addicts to increase criminal activity to feed desperate 
habits. Drug prohibition doesn't fight crime; it fuels it.

Robert Sharpe

Policy analyst

Common Sense for Drug Policy

Washington
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