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Drug liberalization is a drug policy process of decriminalizing, legalizing, or repealing laws that prohibit the production, possession, sale, or use of prohibited drugs. Variations of drug liberalization include drug legalization, drug relegalization, and drug decriminalization. [1]
Oregon was the first state to decriminalize small amounts of cannabis in 1973 and later legalized its use for both medical and recreational purposes. Other substances like methamphetamine, heroin, and club drugs have posed ongoing challenges, with laws evolving to address production, trafficking, and public health issues.
Decriminalization advocates have cited research that suggests that the drug is non-addictive and causes a low amount of emergency visits when compared to other illegal drugs. [5] Other research has indicated the potential beneficial use of psilocybin in treating treatment-resistant depression and nicotine dependence . [ 5 ]
Decriminalizing drugs is a form of giving up “In short, the fight over decriminalization is a distraction — one typical of societies unable to manage their problems. …
Decriminalization activists promised 110 would inject some much-needed compassion that the war on drugs omitted. Under the new regime, drug offenders in Oregon were issued a $100 ticket with the ...
After decriminalization of hard drugs, about 3,700 fewer Oregonians per year will be convicted of felony or misdemeanor possession of controlled substances, according to estimates by the Oregon ...
Decriminalization or decriminalisation is the legislative process which removes prosecutions against an action so that the action remains illegal but has no criminal penalties or at most some civil fine. [1]
A bill that would decriminalize all the strips used to test deadly drugs in West Virginia, the state with the nation's highest overdose rate, is headed to the desk of Republican Gov. Jim Justice.