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In the name of The War on Drugs, human rights are continuously violated, environments damaged and prisons filled with law abiding citizens whose crimes consist merely of possessing illegal narcotics for personal use. Canada's scarce resources are being exhausted for a cause that is both hypocritical and an affront to individual, civil and human rights. These resources could be spent on education, health care, economic development and/or tax reduction. There is also the question of health care in drugs, a government run narcotics program (such as the SAQ in quebec) would severely decrease the number of overdoses caused by the improper use of drugs. Not to mention that globally, injection drug use is a major source of new HIV infections. Ironically, the majority of the population considers drug dependance an illness, yet we treat it like a criminal offense. The fact remains that it's time for Canada to give up this inhumane attempt to abolish and destroy our individual rights.