A New International Anti-Drug Strategy?
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2009-03-16/new-international-anti-drug-strategy
Ten years ago, United Nations member states launched a campaign to eradicate all narcotics, under the banner "A Drug Free World - we can do it." This week, those same members will meet to hammer out a new multilateral platform, even as many experts are questioning whether it's even possible to win the "war on drugs." We examine the future of anti-drug efforts from a global perspective.
Guests
Peter Reuter
Professor, School of Public Policy and Department of Criminology, University of Maryland - College Park; Director, Program on the Economics of Crime and Justice Policy
Sandeep Chawla
Director, Division for Policy Analysis and Public Affairs, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Adam Isacson
Director of Latin American Security Program, Center for International Policy
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Maybe the War on Drugs is not supposed to be won, maybe it's not supposed to end. What does a War on Drugs victory means? The eradication of all the drugs in the world? It's very unlikely this will happen. Also there's a reason of why we have addiction treatments in every region. Drugs won't go away and the best thing we can do is to just keep fighting against them.