Pro-Control Strategies

**Sterling, E. E. (1995, May 15). Opening a Discussion about Effective Anti-Drug Strategies. Delivered at the Atlanta Resolution Conference Atlanta, Georgia on May 15, 1995.

Sterling, E. E. (2001, March 25). Stuck in a Traffic Jam. Orange County Register.
The op-ed outlines an effective and humane 10-point drug strategy, the one the drug czar (played by Michael Douglas) in the hit movie "Traffic" should have delivered.

Sterling, E. E. (2001, February 24). A Real Drug Strategy. Washington Post.
This letter to the editor was written in response to an op-ed by William J. Bennett regarding lessons from the hit movie "Traffic."

Sterling, E. E. (2000, March 23). Statement of Eric E. Sterling to the Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General Government of the Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives.
The testimony to Congress challenges "Drug Czar" Gen. Barry McCaffrey's contention that the U.S. is winning the drug war, and urges a more sensible and humane approach to drug abuse. A press release regarding the 2000 National Drug Control Strategy is available here.

Sterling, E.E. (1999, December 6). Legalize Drugs or Expect More Mass Graves. Los Angeles Times and (1999, December 8). Mass graves tell the story of our failed drug policy. Houston Chronicle, pp. 45A.
Violence is inevitable in the drug trade. The President's claims of success are hollow, and his desire to "work with" Mexican authorities, such as their corrupt drug czar is pointless. Regulation, licensing and taxation are needed to end the violence, and control drug use.

Sterling, E. E. (1997, Spring, Volume 31, Number 2). Drug Policy: A Smorgasbord of Conundrums Spiced By Emotions Around Children and Violence. Valparaiso Law Review.
The following section of this 49-page law review comment in a 500-page symposium volume, "Juvenile Crime: Policy Proposals on Guns, Violence, Drugs and Gangs," addresses the economic affects of of drug prohibition.

Sterling, E. E. (1997, February 20). Statement of Eric E. Sterling.
In this statement at the National Institutes of Health workshop on the utility of medical marijuana, Mr. Sterling makes six recommendations to NIH regarding medical marijuana.

Sterling, E. E. (1993, October 8). Public Health Dimensions of the "War on Drugs".
This memo to Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders addresses the need to re-examine the drug problem as a public health issue.