Diary Of A Mad Voter: In Search Of A Presidential Candidate Who Will “Just Say No”

~ Jason Schwartz

DARE, the DEA, the War on Drugs, the presidential campaign, and apparently genuine concern about drug misuse. Jessica Peck Corry covers a lot of ground in this column.

Highlights:

While we don’t have the money to treat drug addiction, we do have the money to send users to prison.

…I respectfully request that the government refrain from putting a bong in the hands of my children.

Published by Jason Schwartz

I have been an addiction professional and social worker since 1994. I started blogging in 2005 as the Clinical Director at Dawn Farm. I no longer work at Dawn Farm and am now the Director of Behavioral Medicine at a community hospital, and a lecturer at Eastern Michigan University’s School of Social Work. Views expressed here are my own. Keep in mind that the field, the contexts in which the field operates, and my views have changed over time.