The War on Drugs is one of our nation’s greatest miscarriages, deeply influenced by racial bias and devastating to the communities of color it impacted. Today, I’ve introduced a resolution that acknowledges its failures.
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According to the
@DrugPolicyOrg, in 2016 the US made over 1.5 million arrests for drug law violations with 84 percent of those for possession only. This policy is not sustainable; it needs to change.Show this thread
This week the House is debating bills that will ensure we handle the opioid epidemic as the health crisis it is. For years we treated addiction as a criminal activity. Rather than treatment and intervention, the War on Drugs doled out prison sentences that many are still serving
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We need to acknowledge that the War on Drugs didn’t just fail; it was a failure to stay true to the values of equality and fairness that we hold dear. All drug use, opioid, cocaine, and otherwise, should be treated as an addiction, not criminal behavior.
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To that effect, I’ve introduced a resolution that formally expresses an apology from the US House, while also demanding that anyone suffering from the disease of addiction, receive humane treatment focused on their disease rather than punishment.https://bit.ly/2LIi65K
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