The Case for Decriminalization
The case for decriminalization
“Soft” drugs such as marijuana, which is considered to pose an “acceptable risk,” are technically illegal, but their sale is tolerated in licensed shops that must follow certain guidelines. For example, these shops … Statistics show 497 overdose …
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Iain Hunter: Women get second-class treatment
Iain Hunter: Women get second-class treatment … He described a case in which sheriff's officers refused to take a heroin addict held overnight in the Victoria jail for an appointed court appearance because she was suffering withdrawal and vomiting …
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Wife's illness, husband's addiction led to robberies
Taylor sought help to get off the drugs, his attorney wrote, but when he lost his job in Utah and had to move the family to Wisconsin for another one in 2012, it threw off the methadone treatment he had been receiving. Desperate to avoid the …
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