The article critiques the efficacy of the War on Drugs, emphasizing that despite substantial investment in prevention strategies, such as social marketing and deterrence, these efforts have not yielded desired outcomes. It highlights a shift towards understanding drug use initiation as a socially-defined event influenced by specific socio-structural contexts, proposing a move away from the traditional supply-side interdiction and stigma-based methods. The article advocates for developing prevention strategies that prioritize the rights of individuals and distinguish between problematic and non-problematic drug use.
The prevention of drug use is one of the primary goals of the War on Drugs, yet high-profile interventions have largely failed to achieve this.
A growing consensus suggests that drug use initiation is socially defined, providing a framework for developing effective, rights-based prevention approaches.
The War on Drugs has relied on supply-side interdiction and stigmatizing marketing, which fosters social norms against drug use but does not address the complexities of drug initiation.
Long-standing policies have been criticized as oversimplified, leading to an understanding that drug use is more complex and influenced by socio-structural contexts.
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