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Drug decriminalization would remove the "glamorous Al Capone-type traffickers who are role-models for the young". [153] The lack of government regulation and control over the lucrative illegal drug market has created a large population of unregulated drug dealers who lure many children into the illegal drug trade.
Variations of drug liberalization include drug legalization, drug relegalization, and drug decriminalization. [1] Proponents of drug liberalization may favor a regulatory regime for the production, marketing, and distribution of some or all currently illegal drugs in a manner analogous to that for alcohol , caffeine and tobacco .
Mountains of research show that drug education strategies of the 1980s and 90s were ineffective. Schools are hoping an updated approach will have more of an impact. D.A.R.E. didn’t work.
Drug possession, and recreational drug use (see: drug liberalization) Euthanasia (see: legality of euthanasia) Gambling (see: gambling age) Homosexuality (see: decriminalization of homosexuality and LGBT rights by country or territory) Polygamy [3] (see: legality of polygamy) Prostitution (see: decriminalization of sex work) Public nudity ...
Colorado has decriminalized personal use of certain psychedelic drugs, like magic mushrooms, and a handful of other states are considering following suit. Perspectives Decriminalization has only ...
Funding for drug treatment centers in Oregon, financed by the state's pioneering drug decriminalization policy, stood at over a quarter-billion dollars Friday as officials called for closer ...
The Commission on Narcotic Drugs calls on ‘Member States to formulate and implement, where appropriate, a broad system of primary prevention and early intervention based on scientific evidence, such as the International Standards on Drug Use Prevention and other measures, including educational activities and interactive campaigns’.
Drug possession is the crime of having one or more illegal drugs in one's possession, either for personal use, distribution, sale or otherwise. Illegal drugs fall into different categories and sentences vary depending on the amount, type of drug, circumstances, and jurisdiction.