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Siebel Plugs Prevention, Pans Prison

by: Matt Singer

Fri Jul 20, 2007 at 08:18:37 AM MST


Update -- Gwen Florio found the real story in her write-up for the Great Falls Tribune, and her editors gave it a great headline ("Meth Project founder critical of 'crazy' drug policy"). Read the whole thing.

Buried in a story about fundraising, the Billings Gazette notes Tom Siebel's thoughts on the "throw away the key" approach to fighting America's drug problem.

Siebel was also somewhat critical of the trend toward locking up drug addicts. He said that strategy is costly, compared to prevention, treatment and other methods.

"We used to put people we were scared of in jail, now we put people in jail we're mad at," he said. "It's a little bit crazy."

That doesn't sound "somewhat critical" to me; it sounds flat-out critical.

And it reminds me of this:

Matt Singer :: Siebel Plugs Prevention, Pans Prison
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