Comment by kaosjester

Another instance of a cop who has watched the 'war on drugs' rage on and on, and came to speak out about the fundamental flaw in the approach: you can't fight a war against drugs; you have to treat the people at the bottom, hopelessly addicted users, like the victims they are. The poignant quote in the article isn't the one used for the headline, but this one: "drug policy should be about reducing not drug use, but drug harm."