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Tolerating Drug Use Can Help Aid Students Than Zero-Tolerance

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A new study argues that a zero-tolerance approach to drug-taking at universities causes more harm than good.

The study, titledĀ Illicit drug use in universities: zero tolerance or harm reduction?,Ā was published by the Higher Education Policy Institute today. It argues that an approach based on public health and focused on harm reduction is a much better way to actually help students who useĀ drugs.

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Why The U.S.ā€™ Zero-Tolerance Drug Policy Was Never Going To Work

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Ā The Failing War on Drugs

During the 1960ā€™s, ā€œHippiesā€ and celebrities popularized the use of marijuana, LSD, and other drugs. “During the Civil War, troops used morphine, uppers dominated World War II, the Vietnam troops shot heroin”, and their addictions didn’t stop there,Ā as the U.S.’ demand for drugs kept on growing.

The term ā€œWar on Drugsā€ was coined in the summer of 1971 after Ronald Reagan orderedĀ law-enforcement officials to directly target drug consumers rather than producers or suppliers.

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