There is broad consensus in the medical and scientific community that substance abuse should be treated as a medical and public health problem, not a crime. The authors recommend a sensible pivot from failed policies of drug prohibition toward a realistic approach to drug use.
This policy brief is part of a series of recommendations from the Baker Institute for the incoming president’s administration.
Dec. 5, 2016, 1:25 p.m.
Dean Becker produces and hosts nine radio programs per week for the Drug Truth Network (DTN). Becker has consulted with a myriad of experts in the field of drug policy, including Antonio Maria Costa, former head of the United Nations …
Katharine Neill Harris, Ph.D., is the Alfred C. Glassell, III, Fellow in Drug Policy at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Her current research focuses on the availability of drug treatment for at-risk populations, the opioid epidemic, and the …
