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News (Media Awareness Project) - US PA: PUB LTE: Bodily Rights |
| Title: | US PA: PUB LTE: Bodily Rights |
| Published On: | 2011-06-11 |
| Source: | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA) |
| Fetched On: | 2011-06-12 06:02:11 |
BODILY RIGHTS
I applaud the conclusions of the Global Commission on Drug Policy --
detailed in Tony Norman's June 3 column ("Ease Up in Drug War? Smart
But Unlikely") -- that announce what has become patently obvious for
decades: The war on drugs is a misguided effort that foments violence
and abets organized crime.
However, I fear the commission's conclusions will fall on willfully
deaf ears. Until Americans embrace the idea that people have an
inalienable right to do what they wish with their bodies -- even if
their actions are harmful -- no amount of rational persuasion or
empiric evidence will succeed.
AMESH A. ADALJA, M.D.
Butler
I applaud the conclusions of the Global Commission on Drug Policy --
detailed in Tony Norman's June 3 column ("Ease Up in Drug War? Smart
But Unlikely") -- that announce what has become patently obvious for
decades: The war on drugs is a misguided effort that foments violence
and abets organized crime.
However, I fear the commission's conclusions will fall on willfully
deaf ears. Until Americans embrace the idea that people have an
inalienable right to do what they wish with their bodies -- even if
their actions are harmful -- no amount of rational persuasion or
empiric evidence will succeed.
AMESH A. ADALJA, M.D.
Butler
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