ONDCP and Politicians promote drugs and overdose deaths!
Do the research; there were few overdose deaths before prohibition.
The only place in the world that Ecstasy (MDMA) was used outside of therapy was in Dallas, Texas in the early ‘80s. A few hundred tablets were used every weekend were sold legally in the bars on Cedar Springs and at SMU.
Sen. Bentsen was able to make the drug illegal citing very questionable research on monkeys and traffic problems in the Cedar Springs area in ’85. Young people heard about the love drug and the illegal drug networks realized that they had a new profit maker distribution spread quickly. With in 5 years, hundreds of thousands of tablets were used every weekend in every major city in the world and that continues in spite of its illegality
It won't take long at all for cheese to spread around the world if the drug czar's National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign gets hold of it.
Effective drug education based on medical science builds student's confidence to make informed responsible choices. Present policy falsehoods and scare tactics undermine our credibility. We want to encourage drug free behavior not awaken their curiosity (as the drug czar messages do). Truth, trust and reason encourage open communications between youth, parents and faculties.
Drug abuse is a medical problem not a criminal one. We will do a better job preventing overdose deaths, of keeping intoxicated folks off the road and our children drug free with compassionate policy offering helpful treatment.
Remember the Texas Youth Commission scandal. Prisons propagate violence, sexual abuse and crime. Placing non-violent drug users in this "breeding ground" is policy bordering on insanity or reefer madness!
Abstinence from recreational drugs is safest for all, especially youth but few will choose it. Parents do need to set an example for their children. However, most parents who use drugs and alcohol do not abuse them. They are responsible drug users, especially marijuana users as it is the safest choice.
http://www.drugwarfacts.org/causes.htm
Legalizing and regulating drug distribution would immediately cut off the major source of funding for terrorists worldwide. Restore justice in America; construct science based drug policies about saving and rehabilitating instead of ruining lives.
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