Tierney: Dispatches from the War on Drugs

I recommend a couple of articles chronicling the unintended consequences of the war on drugs. One, by Ethan Nadelmann, is a global look at the damage done by prohibitionist policies. The other, by Radley Balko, is a look at a doctor convicted for prescribing opioids — and this case is in some ways more troubling than the Hurwitz case that I’ve been writing about.

John Tierney: Dispatches from the War on Drugs (TierneyLab Blog, New York Times, 31 Aug 2007)

References:

• Think Again: Drugs (Dr. Ethan Nadelmann, Foreign Policy, subscription-only)
• Sex, Drugs & a Federal Prosecution: The shabby case against Dr. Bernard L. Rottschaefer (Radley Balko, Reason magazine, August 31, 2007)