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The Rich Go To Rehab, The Poor Go To Jail
During the ASPI research, discussions with the publicly funded drug treatment facilities identified that annual person-bed costs were in the 32 to 35 thousand dollar range, while a 2015 Business Insider report identified that the average annual cost of a person-bed in a jail was more than $106,000. A conservative…
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The way drugs are classified tells you all you need to know about the War on Drugs
To many observers, the US’s drug scheduling seems arbitrary. To understand why, it’s instructive to look back at how the schedules were made. […]
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Russia Suddenly, Mysteriously Shuts Down Its Drug Control Agency
The Federal Drug Control Service faced international criticism for claims about the “success” of Russia’s regressive drug policies. Russia has one of the world’s highest rates of heroin consumption, and, following Russia’s invasion of Crimea and blocking of methadone treatment, there have been over 100 overdose deaths on the peninsula.…
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It’s a ‘psychedelic renaissance,’ as scientists identify medicinal qualities of drugs
John Halpern, psychiatry professor at Harvard Medical School, believes that western cultures have adopted such a stringent attitude out of fear and that, “with the absence of facts, fear may reign.” […]
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“Light That Fire”—How Drug User Unions Fight for Better Laws and Self-Defined Recovery
‘We’re out, we’re proud, and we’re not going anywhere.’ That’s how we’re going to change people’s perceptions. We’re going to introduce ourselves as drug users, and we’re going to show how there are functional drug users and responsible drug users.” […]
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PolicyCheck: the Greens’ Harm Reduction Innovation Fund drug policy
The Greens’ leader Richard Di Natale used the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy conference in Sydney to announce a $10 million Harm Reduction Innovation Fund. […]
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Increasing Numbers Of Americans Support Marijuana Legalisation
There’s been a lot of polling on the topic lately. […]
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US: Police and prison guards fight marijuana legalisation in California
Drug war money has become a notable source of funding for law enforcement interests. Huge government grants and asset-seizure windfalls benefit police departments, while the constant supply of prisoners keeps the prison business booming. […]
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Harvard Med Students Demand Training on Opioid Addiction
There’s a cultural problem to address, a stigma about addiction. The doctors who are teaching us medicine have not gotten this education. […]
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How Anti-Drug Laws Empower the Strongman
In the words of David Simon, crime reporter and co-creator of The Wire: “The drug war is a holocaust in slow motion.” […]