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Nov 24, 2019 · Decriminalization, or the legalization of drugs, is an approach that has gained popularity, despite the argument that removing the threat of legal action would lower drug costs and encourage drug usage and dependence. However, as researchers have found, drug prices may respond to more complex models of supply and demand than other markets ...
Jan 3, 2018 · Reducing demand for illegal drugs might also reduce violence associated with the illegal drug trade. The authors estimate that each additional treatment facility in a county reduces the...
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Demand reduction efforts reduce the demand for illegal drugs using prevention, treatment, and research. Supply reduction makes drugs scarcer, more expensive, and less socially tolerated.
Supply reduction is an effective tool for demand reduction because when drugs cost more and are more difficult to obtain there are fewer drug users and less demand for illegal drugs. Demand reduction is also an effective tool in supply reduction because when the number of drug users falls, drug supply falls correspondingly as the market for illegal...
While this one-two punch has worked well in the past, the best hope for future reductions in drug use lies in improved and more cost-effective demand reduction. If the demand for illegal drugs remains high, then the money spent by would-be drug users would sustain a large supply of illegal drugs no matter how effective the supply reduction becomes....
IBH encourages today's parents to look back and learn from the success of the Parents' Movement that was so effective in the 1970s and 1980s. Reinvigorating the Parents' Movement for the twenty-first century would provide organization, energy and education that is essential to success against drug abuse.
The Parents Movement suffered neglect after 1992, leaving a marked void in leadership for drug abuse prevention. Without the organized efforts of committed parents, illegal drug use rates again rose sharply. Once mocked by some experts and officials, the Parents' Movement remains an inspiring testimony to the power of a relatively small, focused an...
Jul 16, 2018 · Reducing the Supply of and Demand for Illicit Drugs: Strategic Approaches. Session 1 of the OSCE-wide Conference on Combating the Threat of Illicit Drugs and the Diversion of Chemical Precursors. As delivered by Foreign Affairs Officer Alan Piracha. Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. U.S. Department of State.
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Apr 21, 2021 · (The Center Square) – A bill that would lower criminal penalties for possession of drugs like methamphetamine and fentanyl narrowly passed the Illinois House Wednesday. State Rep. Carol Ammons, D-Urbana, defended her House Bill 3447 that opponents like state Rep. Tony McCombie worried is too expansive. “Would heroin be included?” McCombie asked.
Nov 28, 2018 · A recent report argues that regulating illegal drugs can help governments tackle organized crime, adding to a growing number of voices calling for the decriminalization of personal drug use. But can this momentum turn into real change?
Nov 4, 2022 · by Frank Main, Casey Toner and Jared Rutecki November 4, 2022. Raymond Galloway, a cook who’s been jailed for having small amounts of drugs, supports the new law. Credit: Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times. Tucked into the new and much-debated 764-page law that does away with Illinois’ cash-bail system is a single paragraph that could have a big impact.
