The Perils of Legalization
“Drug warriors said we must have a drug-free nation, which was totally bogus,” Jonathan Caulkins, a drug policy expert at Carnegie Mellon University, told me. The Drug Enforcement Administration sets limitations on how lots of opioids can be produced, but it increased those limitations for years, up until the mid-2010s. That does not justify the prohibition and criminalization of drugs, argued Kassandra Frederique, the executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, an advocacy group.
“Drug warriors stated we ought to have a drug-free country, which was completely bogus,” Jonathan Caulkins, a drug policy specialist at Carnegie Mellon University, told me. America is inadequately poised to legalize and regulate drugs, some specialists said. The Drug Enforcement Administration sets limitations on how lots of opioids can be produced, but it increased those limitations for years, till the mid-2010s. That does not justify the prohibition and criminalization of drugs, argued Kassandra Frederique, the executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, an advocacy group. People who die from a fentanyl overdose frequently think they are consuming heroin, cocaine or some other drug, not understanding it is really fentanyl or polluted with fentanyl.