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Another innocent victim of the drug war

This is the grave of Esequiel Hernandez, another innocent victim of the drug war .

Is it worth it ?  

Is it moral ?

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To provide scientific information and expert opinion about drugs and to suggest a path to better policies.


"We believe that the global war on drugs is now causing more harm than drug abuse itself."

Public Letter from

George Shultz, Paul Volcker, Milton Friedman, et.al.


Drug Use, Abuse and Dependence (Addiction) In America


      
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Begins when  drugs were all legal


Needle-exchange programs Christian thing to do
Houston Chronicle,  April 5, 2009
by William Martin
James A. Baker III Institute at Rice University

"Texas is the only state in the Union that still prohibits the purchase or possession of syringes for purpose of
injecting illegal drugs."

'Think of the message we now send:  'You are social lepers and, as  upright, moral, sincerely religious people, we prefer that you and others in your  social orbit die.' ”

More:  “Needle Exchange Programs: Sending the Right Message

The American College of Physicians, (124,000 members) endorses Marijuana as Medicine


Retirees demand marijuana - helps her MS - 3 minutes

Medical marijuana in TX - 3 minutes

Houston speech by Law enforcement Against Prohibition LEAP - 6 minutes

Glaucoma and medical marijuana - 6 minutes


DRUG CRAZY How We Got Into This Mess & How We Can Get Out By Mike Gray
NOW FREE ON LINE http://libertary.com/books/drug-crazy
( Sample: An Addicts Story http://www.dpft.org/commission.htm )


Houston Chronicle endorses debate on " legalization of drugs"


The War on Drugs: A New Paradigm
by Lawrence T. Jablecki, Ph.D
Drug Policy Conference speech, 2008
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy of Rice University 

"It is time for America to move beyond its moral crusade and adopt a public-health approach to the problem of drug abuse, an approach that is likely to be much more successful and certainly more humane." 

The Lancet, leading medical journal

 

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