Pubdate: Thu, 18 Aug 2005
Source: Province, The (CN BC)
Copyright: 2005 The Province
Contact:  http://www.canada.com/vancouver/theprovince/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476
Author: Robert Sharpe
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05.n1330.a09.html

USE TOBACCO TACTICS ON DRUGS

Isn't it interesting how tobacco use is declining without any need to
arrest and incarcerate smokers?

Public-education efforts are paying off.

Apparently, mandatory minimum prison sentences, civil asset
forfeiture, random drug-testing and racial profiling are not
necessarily the most cost-effective means of discouraging unhealthy
choices.

Drug abuse is bad. But the drug war is worse.

Robert Sharpe

Washington, D.C.
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