by Linda Cheek, MD | Dec, Fri, 2025 | Convicted physician |
Repealing the Controlled Substances Act: How Ending the War on Drugs Would Improve Public Health For over fifty years, U.S. drug policy has been dominated by the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) of 1970—legislation that created the legal framework for the “War on...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Oct, Mon, 2025 | War on Drugs |
Legalizing all drugs is not an act of surrender—it is an act of reclaiming reason, science, and compassion from a system long driven by fear and punishment. The evidence shows that prohibition has failed in every goal it was meant to achieve, while legalization offers...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Oct, Thu, 2025 | War on Drugs |
Global Legalization of All Drugs: A Human Rights Imperative The global “war on drugs” has not just failed—it has inflicted deep and lasting harm on millions of people worldwide. Amnesty International’s 2024 report Advancing New Drug Policies That Uphold Human...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Oct, Thu, 2025 | War on Drugs |
Not getting much response from my first post on the social impact of drug prohibition, I’m going to flip the message. People just don’t understand how close we are to legalization, and believe it can’t happen, when in reality, governments around the world are...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Oct, Mon, 2025 | Convicted physician, War on Drugs |
We must end the War on Drugs. To do that, the Controlled Substance Act and all related laws must be repealed and all drugs must be legalized. Even government officials are starting to recognize that fact, they just aren’t acting on it. Why? They are missing the most...