Drugs Decriminalized
May, 1994
How Schmoke Would do itReversing America's stance on drugs is a formidable challenge--and hardly a popular one for a big-city mayor. To explore the practicalities of the vision, Roger Simon sat down with Baltimore's Kurt Schmoke and asked some basic questions.Q: How would national drug decriminalization operate?A: Working through the public health system, communities would identify addicts, register them and allow professionals to treat them as patients.Q: So we would have storefront drug clinic...
