Check out Beyond Addiction a weekly column written by William C. Moyers, vice president of external affairs for the Hazelden Foundation and the author of "Broken," a best-selling memoir. His most recent topic is, "Disparity and Despair" in which he discusses the feedback he got on a previous column about marijuana. He "made these three key points: It is a mood- and mind-altering drug; it is illegal; and for some people, it causes serious consequences, including addiction."

The other side of the coin is overcrowded prisons and courts. "The drug war gets results. But it has done almost nothing to reduce the problems caused by legal and illegal drugs mainly because it has consistently failed to recognize and promote a solution that works: prevention, treatment and recovery for people who possess and use these substances."

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