Canada must not follow the U.S. on drug policy

Ethan Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alliance has a delightful editorial appearing in the Ottawa Citizen advising Canada not to fall for John Walters' propaganda. This article is printed on the very day that a press conference is being held at the Charles Lynch Room, Centre Block of Parliament Hill in Ottawa by The Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy and the Drug Policy Alliance to oppose the American model of drug control.

The press conference will feature four distinguished speakers who will challenge the continuing criticism of Canada's drug control efforts by Mr. Walters, and discuss pressure by the US Administration on the Government of Canada to follow the American model of drug control, which is based heavily the use of the criminal law, policing and incarceration ("criminal prohibition").

Speakers at the press conference will also address the failure of US drug control policies in the United States, the misleading rhetoric by the US Administration about Canada's contribution to US drug problems, and the damaging effects of US drug control policies on Canada, including the risks US poppy eradication policies pose for Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan.

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