Get Tough & Smart - How to Start Winning the War on Drug Addiction

Outline of Proposals to Win the War on Drug Addiction The War on Drugs was lost. Reforms are set forth in my new book, Get Tough & Smart - How to Start Winning the War on Drug Addiction ( Get Tough & Smart - How to Start Winning the War on Drug Addiction ) . We must  attack the demand for addictive drugs and fight crime. Punishing crime supports the War on Drug Addiction and vice versa .  The Opioid Crisis is bringing matters to a head.   Here is a list of new proposals: ·       Create the legal status of “addict,” attainable at various junctures such as overdose admissions to hospitals, conviction of drug-related crime, parental designation, physician designation, etc. Government, annuity, workers’ compensation and other regular checks might be re-directed to support recovery rather than addiction. ·       Relax privacy, confidentiality, secrecy and non-disclosure laws enough to facilitate law ...