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Bookmark or Share- Should the United States Decriminalize the Possession of Drugs?One decriminalized possession of small amounts of illegal drugs including heroin, cocaine and methamphetamines. (It did not make it legal to sell the drugs.) Another measure authorized the...
- Why Oregon's groundbreaking drug decriminalization experiment is ... - NPRIn 2020, voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of hard drugs. Journalist E. Tammy Kim explains how and why public opinion has turned. The...
- More About All Drug Decriminalization - Drug Policy AllianceThe criminalization of drugs inequitably harms Indigenous, Black, and other racialized, marginalized, and low-income communities who are more likely to be stopped, searched, convicted, and harshly sentenced for drug possession. Our country has spent billions of dollars arresting people for drugs.
- Decriminalizing drug use is a necessary step, but it won’t end the ...By eliminating a criminalized response to drug possession, drug policy reform efforts can minimize the contact between people who use drugs and the criminal justice system, and may increase...
- Interview: Why the US Should Decriminalize Drug UseThe Human Toll of Criminalizing Drug Use in the United States. Download the full report. How does this break down state-by-state? In Montana, Iowa and Vermont, Black people are arrested more than...
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