... prevention efforts. The war on drugs should end because like prohibition, "the 'cure' here is worse than the 'disease.'" After John Ehrilichman, one of Nixon's advisors told him that narcotics repression was a "sexy political issue" the war on drugs was then declared and used as "election ammunition" ... $929 million on anti drug ads and what are the results? A quarter of high school seniors continue to use illegal drugs, and after watching the ads, a 13 years old girl started smoking pot. There is evidence of a boomerang effects from all the prevention efforts. The study from Dr. Denni...

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... officials decided to give snowboarder Ross Rebagliati his gold medal back, the cheers drowned out the boos. It was a minor scandal involving a minor sport, but it spoke volumes about the world's shifting relationship with its favorite illicit drug. Marijuana. A decade ago, Rebagliati would have been ostracized regardless of whether cannabis was on the list of his sport's banned substances. II. What's changed today ... it is plain nonsense to regard cannabis as a performance-enhancing drug, just as it is a myth to think the substance rots the brain or is a gateway drug. III. The issue of...

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