Response to the editor

In her reply to my previous letter, 1 2 Godlee refers to a recently published article by Rolles which highlights the supposed "failure" of the so-called war on drugs. 3 But Rolles has ignored data from the United States showing that cocaine use has fallen by 75% in the past 20 years, 4 and...

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Published in:BMJ 2010-11, Vol.341 (nov02 4), p.c6137-c6137
Main Author: Keegan, Nigel
Format: Article
Language:English
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Cocaine
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Summary:In her reply to my previous letter, 1 2 Godlee refers to a recently published article by Rolles which highlights the supposed "failure" of the so-called war on drugs. 3 But Rolles has ignored data from the United States showing that cocaine use has fallen by 75% in the past 20 years, 4 and that opiate abuse is much less than in the United Kingdom, 5 and he has instead concentrated on a comparatively narrow subset of data on teenagers in Portugal. 3 The proposal by Rolles to make powder cocaine available to the general public without prescription through "specialist pharmacies" 3 would also facilitate the widespread availability of crack cocaine as one is easily made from the other.
ISSN:0959-8138
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.c6137