John Lennon said: “We live in a world where we have to hide to make love, while violence is practiced in broad daylight.”
- Strict controls on legal age of use, protecting children and teenagers from known developmental damage caused by drug use.
- Careful controls on production that includes limiting the potency per dose of recreational drugs.
Licensed distribution centers which become the control points for drug sales, much like is done with cigarettes. There needs to be strong restrictions on advertising and prominent warning labels. The sale needs to be taxed with all tax dollars being earmarked for prevention services, public education programs, and treatment on demand.