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Letters |15 April 1996

Drug Legalization, Harm Reduction, and Drug Policy

David W. Wilbur, MD, PhD

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  • Pettis Memorial Veterans Administration Hospital; Loma Linda, CA 92357
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TO THE EDITOR:
DuPont and Voth's defense of the status quo in drug policy [1] begs for some response. The selective use of statistics, especially those derived from a private source, is unconvincing. The insinuation that persons who disagree with current policy do so because of a personal drug habit is pejorative, cannot be clearly evaluated, and sidesteps the issues. In fact, several large groups have strong incentives to assert a need to maintain the current system, including persons making a living on the government side of the current “war on drugs” and those who profit by supplying drugs in the current price-supported environment.
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Wilbur DW. Drug Legalization, Harm Reduction, and Drug Policy. Ann Intern Med. ;124:776. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-124-8-199604150-00017

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 1996;124(8):776.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-124-8-199604150-00017

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