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Items tagged with drug courts

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A case for use of resources [17-03-13] High Court Judge Randall Worrell shocked Barbadians when he suggested laws here should be reviewed to decriminalize drug use and possession for person...
Obama Hasn’t Reformed Criminal Justice—Could Romney Do Better? [13-04-12] Whose website laments that in the United States today we have “more than one million nonviolent offenders fill the nation’s prisons,” and sings the pr...
Pills and progress [11-02-12] On a recent evening, some 50 people turned up for their weekly reckoning at Judge Joel Bennett’s drug court in Austin, Texas. Those who had had a go...
Drug Courts Are Not the Answer [29-03-11] While drug courts have helped many Americans, they are not an appropriate response to drug law violations nor are they the most effective or cost-ef...
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Count the Costs

Count the Costs

The war on drugs creates massive costs, resulting from the enforcement-led approach that puts organised crime in control of the trade. It is time to count these costs and explore the alternatives.

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