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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 .
Drug decriminalization would remove the "glamorous Al Capone-type traffickers who are role-models for the young". [154] 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.
Although the committee – the Domestic Council Drug Abuse Task Force – did not advocate decriminalization outright, it did recommend attention be shifted to more harmful drugs (such as heroin), and concluded that cannabis was the "least serious" drug problem facing the nation. [6]
The state dropped criminal penalties for possession of all illegal drugs, but a spike in overdose deaths inspired lawmakers to abandon the policy. Oregon's drug decriminalization experiment is ending.
Oregon’s first-in-the-nation experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday, when possessing small amounts of hard drugs will once again become a crime. The Democratic ...
Harris also said on the questionnaire that she supported decriminalizing all drug possession for personal use. Her answer only addressed the notion of legalizing marijuana, pointing to the ...
The term was coined by anthropologist Jennifer James to express sex workers' movements' "goals of removing laws used to target prostitutes", although it is now commonly applied to drug policies. [2] The reverse process is criminalization. Decriminalization reflects changing social and moral views.
The council agrees it wants full decriminalization of the substances at the state and federal levels. Olympia council considers decriminalizing shrooms and other psychedelics. Here’s what to know