Johann Hari is a journalist that does some awesome work on addiction. He has a great TED talk called The opposite of addiction is connection that I suggest everyone watch it. I'm about 15 months clean from a 6 year heroin addiction, and I come from a family and community with lots of drug use, so addiction and the drug war are issues close to my heart. Prohibition only brings violence, and makes recovery even more difficult. If we can't make changes soon drugs, and the drug war are going to destroy our communities.