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Sunday, January 23, 2011

Fernando Henrique Cardoso: The war on drugs is lost (in the Toronto Star)

Fernando Henrique Cardoso, a former president of Brazil (1995-2002), and co-chair of the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy, on the failure of the prohibitionist approach to controlling drugs.

"Yes, drugs erode people’s freedom. But it is time to recognize that repressive policies toward drug users, rooted as they are in prejudice, fear and ideology, may be no less a threat to liberty."

Full article: The war on drugs is lost.

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