At a roundtable discussion Friday in Annapolis, law enforcement and health officials talked about more treatment and prevention, and less emphasis on putting nonviolent drug offenders in prison.
"I think there were some very big ideas pushed here," one participant, Bart Lubow, said as he was leaving.
But not too big.
For example, none of the participants talked at all about decriminalization of drugs, said O'Malley and the drug...
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Are yuo helping to hurt and terrori - 2009-09-27 18:30:25
If you support prohibition then you've helped trigger the worst crime wave in this nation's history.
You've helped create a black market with massive incentives to hook both adults and children alike.
You've helped to make these dangerous substances available in schools and prisons.
You've helped raise gang warfare to a level not seen in this country since the days of alcohol bootlegging.
You've helped remove many important civil liberties from those citizens you falsely claim to represent.
You've helped put previously unknown and contaminated drugs on the streets.
You've helped to escalate Theft, muggings and burglaries.
You've helped to divert scarce law-enforcement resources away from protecting your fellow citizens from the ever escalating violence against their person or property.
You've helped overcrowd the courts and prisons, thus making it increasingly impossible to curtail the people who are hurting and terrorizing others.
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