“We could have fighting and killing over cigarettes if we made it a felony to sell a cigarette to smoke," said former President Clinton. "So we legalized them. If all you try to do is find a police or military solution to the problem, a lot of people die and it doesn’t solve the problem.”
The former presidents of Brazil and Switzerland, Fernando Cardoso and Ruth Dreifuss, and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos want to find different ways to solve the global drug problem, such as regulating the trade.
“I think a new approach, at least to try to open up, to break the taboo, is what the world should do. There are many alternatives, including the possibility of legalizing drugs,” he said.
A documentary titled Breaking the Taboo, which focuses on failures in the war on drugs, recently premiered in New York City. Executive producer Sam Branson condemns drugs, but not drug users.
“Instead of throwing them in jail, maybe make them see a doctor. Maybe they need some help. A lot of people taking drugs are not committing crimes, specifically. They're just lost in life,” he said.
But many disagree with decriminalization, for both medical and law enforcement reasons. Former Republican Congressman Jim Kolbe says most U.S. lawmakers oppose legalization.
“We want tougher penalties for drug users, and particularly for people who sell and traffic in the drugs. We want to maintain the long terms, prison terms and penalties that are there,” he said.
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