Article seems a bit hollow, it first assigns all sorts of values that do not appear to be consistent with the (sparse) references, and then it points out how th

Article seems a bit hollow, it first assigns all sorts of values that do not appear to be consistent with the (sparse) references, and then it points out how the problem isn't with the drug policy concepts but with the drugs themselves. Well duh. Stigma on its own has never brought anything positive, any progression or any 'fixes' for problems. All it does is introduce friction in discourse, and that is never the solution. It's just so people can not only ignore problems or pretend they don't exist, but try to make it society-wide means everyone else isn't allowed to talk about it either. Perhaps if the author didn't try the cover-up route but instead went the "talk about it, but don't use or encourage it" way, there would have been a point to it all. But just trying to deaden public awareness, that's the worst of all options. Not involving yourself is a choice, but trying to make everyone else also not get involved, that's just human failure.