Hospitals not jails, and politicians with the courage to tell the truth about the drug problem in America, and what really needs to be done to fix it.

At first glance it sounds ridiculous, but variations on this philosophy have been touted as a solution to our international drug problems for ages, and a number of countries have actually implemented programs to this effect with great results (the Netherlands and Canada).

• Cocaine addicted monkeys placed in larger and nicer cages use less cocaine.
• Cocaine addicted monkeys placed in smaller and less stimulating cages use more cocaine.

Since monkeys are a pretty good indicator of human behavior, maybe we shouldn't put people in small and sterile jail cells after we catch them using cocaine?

Jail isn't reputed as the safest place to live, but apparently, it's after getting released from prison that the death toll skyrockets. Heroin addicts that are imprisoned, but not rehabilitated, are set loose to once again take heroin. Now though, they have no tolerance, and the results are tragically predictable.