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Decriminalize Drug Use, Seek Public-Health Options

Posted November 28th, 2016 at 11:45 am (UTC-4)
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Ultimately, addiction policies should be decriminalized and replaced by civil interventions focused on treatment. A pragmatic first step toward reaching this goal would be to treat drug possession as a misdemeanor instead of a felony.