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Martin Ignacio Díaz Velásquez

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Martin Ignacio Díaz Velásquez

Martin Ignacio Díaz Velásquez, an ambassador for One Young World, is co-founder and chief executive of the Knowmad Institut.

During the height of America’s inner-city crack epidemic, a narcotics task force in Bridgeport, CT raids a crack den, arresting users, addicts and dealers. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
ADDICTION

The war on drugs is a fight with no winners

A humanitarian intervention is needed to reform a punitive system that does not produce the desired results

  • Martin Ignacio Díaz Velásquez
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