The great experiment
At last, drug prohibition is being challenged by fresh thinking
The Economist (UK)
Saturday, February 23, 2012
Saturday, February 23, 2012
A whiff of change is in the air regarding drug control policy. Officials in two American states, Colorado and Washington, are pondering how to implement their voters’ decisions last November to legalise cannabis. One immediate consequence is that the United States will be in breach of the UN Convention. Good. It should now join Latin American governments in an effort to reform that outdated document to allow signatories room to experiment. Imposing a failed policy on everybody benefits nobody.
