War On Drugs

[Dr. Shane]

This past week our local county health service visited our church school to provide some general health education for the children. Alex came home with a bunch of material. In it was a pamphlet about legalizing marijuana.

"Drug use among U.S. youth was cut in half since 1980 and is on the decline. This was accomplished hrough prevention, education, treatment, law enforcement and community initiatives.

"Nations that liberalize drug policy, such as Great Britain and Spain experience increased rates of marijuana and drug use among youth.

"Drug use among youth has never been lowered in any nation by legalizing drugs."

So it seems the US is winning the War on Drugs. Decreasing drug use by 50% is a major victory. And at the same time, other nations trying to accomplish the same result using different methods are getting the opposite result.