"There's no way we're going to arrest our way out of the addiction crisis in this country."

[Bucky]

from MSNBC

[djean111]

1. Thank you.

I am afraid that things like the private prison industry would make this impossible for a lot of police departments. But there is hope.

[tk2kewl]

2. Awsome

way to go Gloucester

[riderinthestorm]

3. This is great. Shades of Portugal's success in decriminalizing all drugs

http://mic.com/articles/110344/14-years-after-portugal-decriminalized-all-drugs-here-s-what-s-happening

K&R

[Scruffy1]

4. K&R NT

[jalan48]

5. Thanks for the post.

I remember when Bill Clinton's Secretary of Health, Donna Shalala called addiction a medical problem,not a criminal one. The wing nuts went crazy because they are about the politics of blame. Here we are 20 years later dealing with the same failed policy that is the War on Drugs. It's great to see people speaking up like this.

[Comrade Grumpy]

6. No one should be arrested for using or possessing a drug for their own use. Period.

[Enthusiast]

7. +1 You nailed it.

[NonMetro]

9. Agreed!

Millions have been arrested, and our criminal justice system has ruined more lives and more families than drugs ever did. We need to end the war on drugs, which is actually a war on people!

[hifiguy]

10. 100% agree.

[Tsiyu]

8. Imagine how lives would change

if all cops were mensch material like Campanello.

Human helping human, instead of exploiting human.

What a concept, huh?