Authors: Edmund F. McGarrell, Jason Hutchens
The only way to significantly reduce the effect of illegal drugs on our citizens, our communities, and our nation is to substantially reduce the demand for drugs. In Reducing Illegal Drug Use in the United States, Ed McGarrell and Jason Hutchens offer a compelling answer to a straightforward question: what would the country do if it was really serious about reducing the demand for illegal drugs? Reducing Illegal Drug Use includes a series of realistic policy
proposals to reduce general demand in society, in schools, in the workplace, and among those ensnared in the
criminal justice system. The proposals support strict but compassionate means to encourage drug users to take
responsibility for…
