In the previous article I focused on the events in the old mental health system, a system of containment of those who were different. The article ended with the advent of the "drug culture". In the 1980's we decided to have a war on drugs. This war has been lost but the effects of it will last for generations to come. We equated drug use with mental illness and have treated both by incarceration. This article is a call to action to find better ways of dealing with both psychiatric illness and drug addiction. Nurses Announcements Archive Article