Pubdate: Fri, 03 Jun 2011
Source: Independent  (UK)
Copyright: 2011 Independent Newspapers (UK) Ltd.
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/209
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v11/n351/a02.html
Author: Jay Bergstrom

HOPE FOR END TO 'WAR ON DRUGS'

Reading Mary Ann Sieghart's fine article "A war we should fight no 
longer" (30 May) I remembered a quote from the former Prime Minister 
of Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Juncker, who said, "We know what to do, 
but we don't know how to get re-elected once we have done it".

One hopes that the publication of the Global Commission on Drug 
Policy report will create more than a ripple in the prohibition 
force. For the good of my mates who keep getting incarcerated for 
cannabis, for the good of the suffering Mexicans, for the good of the 
Afghans, and indeed for all of us, let this report fall on open ears.

Jay Bergstrom

Forest Ranch, California, USA