Sunday, December 05, 2004

he war on drugs is ‘lost’ / The Malta Independent Daily, 7 Nov 2004

http://www.independent.com.mt/daily/newsview.asp?id=28565
Addictive Substance Abuse
Juan Ameen
"Former Interpol chief Raymond Kendall has admitted that drug prohibition has failed; in fact he claimed that it has made things worse. In an article in French newspaper Le Monde, Kendall declared the war on drugs lost and said that enforcement policies had failed to protect the world from drugs. The only effective solution was 'harm reduction'. In 2008, the UN drug conventions policy renewal will take place and Kendall called for Europe to take the lead in a reform policy that has never been seen before. "