The world should smarten up re drugs

So says Kofi Annan. The current policies have not worked.  The drug market is owned by the criminals of the world. And it is a lucrative market with annual sales estimated to be $330 billion. His proposals for a smarter policy:

• decriminalize personal drug use.
• accept that a drug-free world is an illusion.
• look at regulation and public education rather than the total suppression of drugs, which we know will not work.
• recognize that drugs must be regulated precisely because they are risky.