If you think drug testing will keep unsafe pilots out of the cockpit and inadequate drivers out of your child's school bus, you're wrong. Peter Cohen, a professor at the Centre for Drug Research at the University of Amsterdam, traces the evolution of the social logic and history of the 'addiction' concept, and its continuing functionality today. This speech to the League of Women Voters by ReconsiDer's Michael Roona touches on use vs. abuse, addiction, treatment, and alternative policies. ReconsiDer Quarterly - View HTML online or download Acrobat PDF format suitable for printing.
Prohibition is an awful flop.
We like it. It can't stop what it's meant to stop. We like it. It's left a trail of graft and slime. It don't prohibit worth a dime.