Would you be willing to take part in a pilot project in five countries where the government would commit to setting up an advisory committee to inform people about the act and to ensure that it is working well? One project would be carried out in each of the five countries. The impression we have today is that both sides are trying to shift the burden of drug problems onto the backs of the world's poorest. I find that very hard to accept.
Would you be willing to adopt a positive attitude and to work with the government to set up and test five projects? In a year or two, we could determine whether or not these projects have been successful and what legislative changes need to be made. Right now, it's as if we're commenting on a bicycle that has never worked. We say that it needs a different chain, when we've never really tried it out. We've even managed to scrape our knees a little trying to get off the bike. The fact is, we're not dealing with scraped knees, but with people's very survival. Would you be prepared to commit to such an initiative?