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Alternatives to the Criminalization of Simple Possession of Illicit Drugs

22 Dec 2021

Crime and criminal justice indicators include crime rates, levels of organized crime, rates of imprisonment, levels of public disorder (e.g., open air drug use and dealing), drug use trends and patterns, drug availability and price, rates of treatment uptake, addiction and overdose, police clearance rates, costs of enforcement, and functioning. [...] 4 Jon Heidt - Alternatives to the Criminalization of Simple Possession of Illicit Drugs Numerous studies in several countries suggested that supervised injection sites and drug consumption rooms did not raise crime rates in the areas, reduced levels of public disorder and open-air drug use, and raised the likelihood that participants would engage in detoxification and treatment programs. [...] The fifth section discusses the lessons learned about the relative effectiveness of each approach and their outcomes while also offering a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the methodologies used in the various studies. [...] subgroups of drug In comparison to other users countries, Czech Republic has a relatively low rate of overdose mortality and few overdoses were found in the cohort 27 Jon Heidt - Alternatives to the Criminalization of Simple Possession of Illicit Drugs Study Country Study Type Indicators of Key Findings Impact Gonçalves, Portugal Examination of Health savings Social costs of drug use Loure. [...] MacCoun (2011) examined available Dutch data on the prevalence and patterns of use, treatment, sanctioning, prices, and purity of cannabis back to the 1970s and found a modest association between the number of coffeeshops and prevalence of cannabis use.

Authors

jon heidt

Pages
80
Published in
Canada