Pubdate: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 Source: Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) Copyright: 2016 The Sydney Morning Herald Contact: http://www.smh.com.au/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/441 Author: Greg Leisner Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v16/n042/a05.html TIME TO CEASE THE INEFFECTUAL WAR WITHOUT END ON DRUGS Given that the evidence is clear that the current regime of drug prohibition isn't working, it can only be that ideology is overruling sense when we continue this absurd and costly war on drugs. Climate change sceptics seem to fit the same criteria yet their motives seem less clear. Science told us that cigarettes are bad for us and we acted on that advice albeit after much resistance. Could we please cut to the chase on these others issues and save ourselves a lot more grief ? Greg Leisner Copeland - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom