Yale University.
Dublin City University.
Am J Bioeth. 2021 Apr;21(4):4-19. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2020.1861364. Epub 2021 Jan 7.
Historically, laws and policies to criminalize drug use or possession were rooted in explicit racism, and they continue to wreak havoc on certain racialized communities. We are a group of bioethicists, drug experts, legal scholars, criminal justice researchers, sociologists, psychologists, and other allied professionals who have come together in support of a policy proposal that is evidence-based and ethically recommended. We call for the immediate decriminalization of all so-called recreational drugs and, ultimately, for their timely and appropriate legal regulation. We also call for criminal convictions for nonviolent offenses pertaining to the use or possession of small quantities of such drugs to be expunged, and for those currently serving time for these offenses to be released. In effect, we call for an end to the "war on drugs."
从历史上看，将吸毒或持有毒品定为犯罪的法律和政策源于明确的种族主义，它们继续对某些种族化社区造成严重破坏。我们是一群生物伦理学家、毒品专家、法律学者、刑事司法研究人员、社会学家、心理学家和其他相关专业人士，我们聚集在一起，支持一项基于证据和道德推荐的政策建议。我们呼吁立即将所有所谓的娱乐性毒品合法化，并最终对其进行及时和适当的法律监管。我们还呼吁取消与使用或持有少量此类毒品有关的非暴力犯罪的刑事定罪，并释放目前因这些罪行服刑的人。实际上，我们呼吁结束“毒品战争”。
