Smack attack

What's this? An educated answer to drug use that isn't filled with trite messages or nonsensical policies that don't work?

Could be. Check this story out on Yahoo! News about the Swiss recently overwhelmingly approving a measure to extend the nation's heroin addiction problem.

In America, it's easy to disregard such ideas as loopy liberalism from the EU and chastise the countries that come up with these ideas as foolish and irresponsible. "Drugs are bad" I hear screaming from every teacher I ever had the displeasure of hearing from.

Yeah, they sure are. So why don't you tell me why after decades of the War on Drugs your perfect little message still hasn't worked?

There are problems with drug policy in America, and a vast majority of our leaders are still too scared to openly question our outdated policies for fear they'll be viewed as "soft on drugs." What we get from this mindset is more of the same.

Nobody wants heroin addicts hanging out in their neighborhoods and talking to their kids. In Switzerland, they're dealing with this problem in an adult way instead of dishing out the same old tired PSAs on drug use.

This is your brain. This is your brain on stepping away from the failed policies of the past and moving into the future with forward-thinking ideas based on reality. Any questions?