In what could turn out to be a truly radical new policy, Brazil's Health Ministry has finalized a proposed law with a goal of creating "policies that can deconstruct the common view that every drug user is a sick person who requires intervention, prison, or aquittal." The Attorney General of Brazil, Márcio Thomaz Bastos, said that he "favors the decriminalization of drug use." This approach, that of seeing drug use and abuse as a public health rather than a criminal issue, would put Brazil on a much better path toward reducing the harm caused by drugs and the enforcement of current laws. Read more | Narconews