In an article in The
Conversation today 1 May 2012 Australia21 Director Dr Alex Wodak says it is
time for a Plan B in the war on drugs:
At the Summit
of the Americas in Colombia, on 14 to 15 April, over 30 heads of government
(including US President Barack Obama) took part in a closed-door discussion
about the failure of the war on drugs. President Obama was forced to concede
that this discussion was legitimate. And conservative Canadian Prime Minister
Steve Harper surprised many at the summit when he also conceded that the war on
drugs had failed.
Nigel Inkester, a former chief of MI6 in the United Kingdom, declared
on 17 April that the war on drugs had been lost and that drug legalisation had
to be considered.
First academics started saying these things, then retired politicians,
judges and police chiefs. Now serving presidents and prime ministers are also
finally admitting that the emperor is not wearing any clothes.
When Plan A doesn’t work, it’s time to think about Plan B. As Gramsci
said, “the old is dead but the new is not yet born.
Read Alex’s full article here.
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