Stop Drug Prohibition

Stop Drug Prohibition

Truth 2: Drug Prohibition makes the original problems overwhelmingly worse

Dr. Elizabeth Jennings, retired Police Capt. John Goldman, Prof. Jennifer Collins, and others show how
every original health, safety, and criminal justice problem has been worsened by the War on Drugs—
from the proliferation and contamination of drugs to a 2,500% increase in drug deaths.

Prof. Charlene Baxter: “It is only with the War on Drugs that the world moved from a few manageable organic substances to an endless parade of unknowable synthetics. . . .” Show more

Indiana Dept. of Correction Comm. Ted Balmer: “Our prisons became houses of resentment the day we started sending people there for things most of us were doing.” Show more

Dr. Alice Becker: “America lost when Prohibition transferred the control of alcohol to mobsters.  Why did we ever think the War on Drugs wouldn’t do cartels the same favor?” Show more

Capt. Leonard Blume: “It’s beyond me how proponents of the War on Drugs convince themselves that a thousand deaths a week is success.  Those tallies could end today.”  Show more

Chief Madeline McKay: “It’s the greatest disappointment in my work to hear officeholders admit privately what they won’t say publicly.  Let’s trust the people with the truth”  Show more

Retired Judge Leanne Dettmer: “It’s telling to meet with young officers who can’t believe there was a time when overdose deaths were anomalies.” Show more