The War on Drugs in the United States went global, as the United Nations embraced the criminalization of drug use and eradication of supply. It's been a decade of spectacular failure, as drug use rates soared, incarceration levels skyrocketed, overdose deaths reached wartime casualty rates, and drug production itself -- along with illicit profits. Ann Fordham, Executive Director of the International Drug Policy Consortium, lays out a compassionate path forward for drug policy, making the case for decriminalization and harm reduction. 

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