The Northfield News, 13 Jun 2013 – It’s time to end the war on drugs, said one of the founders of LEAP, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, who spoke to the Northfield Rotary Club last week. Capt. Peter Christ (pronounced "Chris"), Vice Chair from the New York chapter of the group, told local Rotary members and guests present that society could save lives, reduce disease, crime and addiction as well as conserve the tax dollars the government is spending on the War on Drugs, if the drug laws were reformed. Mr. Christ is a retired police chief with a 20 year record in law enforcement. He spoke about how declaring drug addiction intervention as a "war" means that there is a possible win/end and a clear outcome. Addictive human behavior, though, contradicts the thought that we could ever eradicate drug addiction.





