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Richard Branson - It’s time to end the failed war on drugs

• zerostar07 15y ago
  On the one hand I don't understand how this guy can be considered an expert on the subject. On the other hand, legalizing drug use is not a panacea, just a tiny step in a better direction, as the data shows.
  • NeillAlexander 15y ago
    If only politics was data-driven... This study ranked alcohol as the fifth most harmful drug, behind heroin, cocaine, barbiturates, and street methadone, and yet it is not included in the 'war on drugs': http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673607604644/abstract http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673... See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6474053.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6474053.stm for a second hand report.