Maybe it's time to remember the British System, which had worked successfully for decades. Anslinger being put on the US team for the UN Committee on Drugs put

Maybe it's time to remember the British System, which had worked successfully for decades. Anslinger being put on the US team for the UN Committee on Drugs put paid to that, and pressured other countries with less punitive drug approaches. Anslinger has much to answer for; perhaps the one doctor who forgot "discourage" does too. For those who don't know, the British System was once globally famous, and briefly put was "discourage, but prescribe"[0]. When it was overridden with a more recognisable war on drugs there were only hundreds of addicts in the UK. No one connected addiction to crime. Highly doubtful we could return to that state, even if it was successfully continued. [0] https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/yw4nnk/when-boots-prescribed-heroin-the-uk-did-drug-policy-right https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/yw4nnk/when-boots-prescri...