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Category: Drug Policy

The Top 10 Drug Policy Stories of 2020

The Top 10 Drug Policy Stories of 2020

While drug use increased in 2020 due to pandemic-related layoffs, shutdowns, and isolation, drug policy had a good year, with several drug reform initiatives getting approved.

Published 12 January 2021
Categorised as Drug Policy Tagged covid-19, criminal justice, drug policy, Features, harm reduction, list, Overdose, phillip smith, politics

Oregon Is on the Cusp of a Major Precedent in National Drug Reform: Decriminalizing Everything

Oregon Is on the Cusp of a Major Precedent in National Drug Reform: Decriminalizing Everything

“The drug war hasn’t made drugs less accessible to youth, but instead, we get a lot more people incarcerated and dying of drug use. The more we criminalize it, the more dangerous it becomes.”

Published 17 September 2020
Categorised as Drug Policy Tagged activism, decriminalization, drug addiction treatment and recovery act, drug policy, Features, Oregon, phillip smith, voting measure

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