You may be able to purchase meth, marijuana and cocaine along with your favorite beverage at 7-11, if the Global Commission on Drug Policy has its way. The Commission’s report, recently released, advocates ending the “criminalization, marginalization and stigmatization of people who use drugs but do no harm to others.”
I applaud the Commission’s stance on grappling with a world-wide problem, but I believe legalizing these drugs is misguided. This high-profile panel includes luminaries from politics and renowned organizations, but not anyone who has had personal experience with the ravaging effects of street drugs.
Equally important is one of the Commission’s stated purposes in addressing this problem: Encourage experimentation by governments with models of legal regulation of drugs to undermine the power of organized crime and safeguard the health and security of their citizens.
The Commission appears to engage in a trade-off. That is, to curtail the drug cartels’ vise-grip on drug distribution, the Commission would encourage countries to regulate distribution of street drugs. As a former drug user and now as a criminal defense attorney, I know some things about drugs and their unintended effects.
I know that methadone is used for “maintenance.” How else can I explain why persons I grew up with and who were addicted to drugs switched to methadone and now, 40 years later, are still getting their juice every week?
I know that persons I have represented who have abused drugs, particularly meth and crack, have destroyed their physical and mental health. And I know that most of these drugs have far reaching effects on the user’s family. From decimating the family unit-absentee parent, termination of parental rights, chemically dependent children-to stunting the deveopment of the family, nothing good comes from legalizing street drugs.
Except maybe curtailing the drug organizations’ cash cow.
As a nation we need to address how we work with chemically dependent people. Even the Obama administration recognizes the futility in legalizing street drugs as reflected in the June 9, 2011, LA Times article regarding this country’s counter-narcotics policy. But we cannot forsake those addicted at the price of trying to eradicate drugs from our communities.
If we are more vigilant in combating the prevalence of street drugs, along with a responsible, committed approach to drug treatment, then we will also recognize what anyone who has gone through treatment recognizes: treatment does work.
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