Great responses to my question (which was not a suggestion, BTW).
But…is there an answer in all this? What are we supposed to do, given the terrible consequences of the War on Drugs? It has failed. It is a very costly program, and its impact on our nation and on others is heartbreaking. Yet we carry on with it. So what’s the answer? Is there one that anything near a majority of people can agree on? I think not.
Comments about cocaine usage in the upper strata of society remind me of Freud. I suspect his hubristic attempt to found a “new science,” psychoanalysis, was such a mess because he was a Cokie. He praised the drug as his muse. No wonder he had all the answers!
Meanwhile, is Harm Reduction a reasonable option? Remember, we don’t need a Utopian solution, all we need is something that’s a lot better than the tragic, irrational travesty we have now.
