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synthesis - Regulation vs. Criminalization - Criminal Addiction and Freedom
Published in Physician Law Weekly, June 17th, 2009
Regulation is participation, but criminalization is abdication. Portugal made some dramatic changes to their drug policy in 2001; flying in the face of their Catholic population, Portugal decriminalized personal use drugs and achieved a politically-foreign outcome - success. The United States can and should consider doing the same thing. But neither Portugal nor America (hypothetically) have gone far enough; while this is fine to solve usage, America must also solve...
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Source: Physician Law Weekly (2009-06-17)
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