World War D (for drugs) – roadmap to controlled legalization

By Jeffrey Dhywood The accession of not one but three illegal drug users in a row to the US presidency constitutes an existential challenge to the prohibitionist regime. The fact that some of the most successful people of our time, be it in business, finances, politics, entertainment or the arts, are current or former substance users is a fundamental refutation of its premises and a stinging rebuttal of its rationale. A criminal law that is broken at least once by 50% of the adult population and that is broken on a regular basis by 20% of the same adult population is a broken law, a fatally flawed law. How can a democratic government justify a law that is consistently broken by a substantial minority of the population? What we are witnessing here is a massive case of civil disobedience not seen since alcohol prohibition in the 1930 in the US. On what basis can a democratic system justify the stigmatization and discrimination of a strong minority of as much as 20% of its population? From "World War D – The Case against prohibitionism, roadmap to controlled re-legalization" http://www.world-war-d.com/ World War D (for drugs) – roadmap to controlled legalization www.world-war-d.com A reference book on the War on Drugs and prohibitionism; a guide to psychoactive substances and substance abuse; a blueprint for drug policy reform and legalization COMMENT *Jeffery Dhywood, is a friend and a campaigner & writer against Prohibition. His latest book maps a way of handling a non-prohibitive system for drugs that are at the moment banned.