Five decades after then President Richard Nixon declared drug abuse “public enemy number one,” paving the way for the era of the drug war, drug addiction and overdoses are still taking American lives. Since 1999, more than 800,000 people have died from drug overdoses in the United States, and drug abuse remains one of the country’s most pressing issues. Now that most experts agree that the war on drugs has been an unmitigated failure, lawmakers have been pursuing other options to curb addiction and give existing addicts the help they need, rather than jail time.
Last week, top federal health officials and lawmakers met at the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control to discuss the ever-present drug-overdose epidemic. The conversations at the Senate narcotics commission hearing were wide ranging, covering everything from cannabis research and THC concentrations…
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