The war on drugs is an even bigger addiction than the drugs themselves, a reform advocate argued Wednesday night.
Every social problem is two degrees from the drug war.
It's connected to everything we do. One-third of every tax dollar goes to fight the war on drugs. Efficacy is a Hartford-based nonprofit group devoted to social reform that Thornton and his wife, Margaret, formed in 1996. By medicalize, Thornton means that doctors would be allowed to prescribe cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin. Legalization would put the black market out of business, and money spent fighting the drug war could be diverted to drug education and medical treatment to fight addiction, Thornton argued.