Re: Finally America Is Moving Away From "The War On Drugs"

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> The Biden Administration Is Rejecting
> "The War On Drugs" And Turning To
> "Harm Reduction"
> August 2, 2021
>
>
> The Biden administration is pushing
> to reform state drug laws in its
> latest move aimed at preventing
> deaths among people who use illegal
> drugs. The new approach focuses on
> so-called "harm reduction" measures
> that promote safe drug use over
> abstinence and the threat of
> imprisonment.
>
> On Monday, the Office of National
> Drug Control Policy announced a
> $2.5 million grant to draft model
> laws to support such harm reduction
> programs, increase drug treatment
> options, and reform criminal
> statutes that have harmed people of
> color in particular. It's the federal
> drug policy office's latest shift
> away from the "War on Drugs"
> strategy that was started during the
> Nixon administration 50 years ago.
>
> "It's frankly refreshing to see
> this office talking about helping
> people, and not about punishing
> them," said epidemiologist Traci
> Green, director of the Opioid
> Policy Research Collaborative at
> Brandeis University. "For better
> or worse, model laws for controlled
> substances have led to changes in
> the past. So it is smart, I think,
> to follow this path to reform laws
> that unfortunately need modernizing
> in many states."
>
> "To have the Office of National
> Drug Control Policy talking about
> 'harm reduction' is important, both
> as a symbol, and for real," said
> public health law expert David
> Rosenbloom of the Boston University
> School of Public Health.
>
> Many other current laws treat
> overdoses as criminal acts rather
> than health events, only worsening
> the overdose crisis, said Green.
> Such laws make it harder for people
> to get drug treatment and medical
> care. "There really is a lot to be
> done to make harm reduction the
> standard response," she said.
>
> https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/harm-reduction-biden-dru
> g-laws
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How will this impact Trump's deal with the cartels?

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On Thu, 5 Aug 2021 16:00:47 -0000 (UTC), "Text-Drivers R Killers"
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>Lee wrote
>
>> The Biden Administration Is Rejecting
>> "The War On Drugs" And Turning To
>> "Harm Reduction"
>> August 2, 2021

They just want to empty the prisons of drug offenders
so they can make room for political prisoners...

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> The Biden Administration Is Rejecting
> "The War On Drugs" And Turning To
> "Harm Reduction"
> August 2, 2021
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>

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