Failed Drug Policy 2011

To say we have a failed drug policy is vastly understating the obvious. Here is the opening statement of the: Global Commision on Drug Policy 2011

The global war on drugs has failed, with

devastating consequences for individuals

and societies around the world. Fifty years

after the initiation of the UN Single

Convention on Narcotic Drugs, and

40 years after President Nixon launched

the US government’s war on drugs,

fundamental reforms in national and global

drug control policies are urgently needed.

Vast expenditures on criminalization and

repressive measures directed at producers,

traffickers and consumers of illegal drugs

have clearly failed to effectively curtail

supply or consumption. Apparent victories

in eliminating one source or trafficking

organization are negated almost instantly

by the emergence of other sources and

traffickers. Repressive efforts directed at

consumers impede public health measures

to reduce HIV/AIDS, overdose fatalities

and other harmful consequences of

drug use. Government expenditures on

futile supply reduction strategies and

incarceration displace more cost-effective

and evidence-based investments in

demand and harm reduction.

Link to original article Global_Commission_Report

These guys know about the failed drug policy and they keep doing it. What is wrong with them.