Guess where the quote below is from:
Drugs cannot be forced out of existence; they will be with us for as long as people find in them the relief or satisfaction they desire. But the harm caused by drug abuse can be reduced. We cannot talk in absolutes - that drug abuse will cease, that no more illegal drugs will cross our borders - because if we are honest with ourselves we know that is beyond our power. But we can bring together the resources of the Federal Government intelligently to protect our society and those who suffer.
Federal Strategy for Drug Abuse and Drug Traffic Prevention 1979, Strategy Council on Drug Abuse.
Yes, this came from the Federal Government of the United States. Obviously, the sensible attitude expressed in the quote above hasn’t really stuck.
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