
Neil Boyd - Does Drug Decriminalization Work?
The Curious Task
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Is There a Place for Decriminalization?
Some people think of decriminalization as changing the law so x y and z happens and you don't go to jail. But I'm not sure there's a place for the criminal law when it comes to drugs that people put in their system, he says. In an ideal world we'd actually see like a minister in the federal law who would deal with this stuff more from a regulation perspective rather than a criminal law perspective. The backdrop to tobacco alcohol and cannabis is a regulatory backdrop and I think it's one that serves as well according to Neil Johnson.
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