These leaders’ profound ambivalence toward the goal of a world free of illegal drugs is shared by the European Union, where restrictions on narcotics consumption have slackened over the past decade. The past three US presidents, furthermore, have all admitted to consuming – to one extent or another – illegal psychoactive substances, while seven million Americans, according to the United Nations, are regular cocaine users.
与这些领袖一样对无非法毒品世界目标抱有矛盾心理的还有欧盟，它过去几十年来已经放松了对毒品消费的限制。 此外，之前的三任美国总统都已经承认或多或少吸食过非法的精神刺激药物，而据联合国统计，有七百万美国人都是常规的可卡因使用者。