The Telegraph: Sir Richard Branson "It’s time to end the failed war on drugs"

 My favorite part is how he suggests we use science to determine what works best, good luck getting an American politician to use science. He also highlights the common sense approach that has been put forth by experts and lots of people on the internet; increase treatment and decrease criminal punishment of drug use.

"Just as prohibition of alcohol failed in the United States in the 1920s, the war on drugs has failed globally. Over the past 50 years, more than $1 trillion has been spent fighting this battle, and all we have to show for it is increased drug use, overflowing jails, billions of pounds and dollars of taxpayers’ money wasted, and thriving crime syndicates. It is time for a new approach."


Read More: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9031855/Its-time-to-end-the-failed-war-on-drugs.html