How Kofi Annan, Richard Branson and 7 Former Presidents Changed the Worldwide Debate on Drugs

by Tony Newman on September 19, 2014

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NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—September 19, 2014. I have been blown away to see how a committed group of leaders can have a global impact when it comes to the world’s longest war: the war on drugs.

Last week the Global Commission on Drug Policy made worldwide newsat a press conference in New York when they called for not just ending the criminalization of people who use drugs, but also the responsible legal regulation of drugs. And…