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New issue of The Nation magazine say ?Dare to End the War on Drugs?

By Douglas A. Berman

I just learned that the new December 27, 2010 issue of The Nation is focused on the modern realities and dynamics of the drug war. The introduction from the editors to the issue, which is available now at this link, is headlined "Rebalancing Drug Policy," while the cover uses the D.A.R.E logo to urge our nation to "Dare to End the War on Drugs."   Here is how the editors' introduction sets up what follows in a single paragraph: Nearly forty years after President Nixon declared a "war on drugs," it is painfully clear that the nation's approach to drug policy is counterproductive and cruel.  Shifting our priorities toward a more sensible approach ? one that offers treatment rather than punishment for addicts, and that recognizes the deep injustice of mass incarceration ? seems like a daunting task...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 13, 2010 (boomark / email).