2014/05/07/Nobel Prize economists call for end to war on drugs
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- when: 2014/05/07 (2014/05/07)
- author: Jacob Kastrenakes
- source: The Verge
- topics: war on drugs London School of Economics
- link: http://mobile.theverge.com/2014/5/7/5690428/nobel-prize-winning-economists-call-for-end-to-war-on-drugs
- title: Nobel Prize economists call for end to war on drugs
- summary: «Five Nobel Prize-winning economists are calling for an end to the global war on drugs and a shift over to policies that focus on public health. The economists, along with over a dozen professors and politicians, have all endorsed a report released last night by the London School of Economics and Political Science, which breaks down the successes and failures of the worldwide drug war and finds that it has had "enormous negative outcomes and collateral damage." The report recommends that countries instead focus on individualized approaches to drug laws and encourages experimentation with lifting prohibitions.»