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Demand Side Criminalization as Reasonable Policy Choice
Heroin addiction is a terrible affliction that levies great economic costs on society and causes tremendously poor longitudinal outcomes of those afflicted. Successful drug policy should focus on minimizing the amount of this drug used by society, educating people to lower heroin addiction rates in future generations and treating the already sick population. Heroin should…
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The Grass is Greener- Examining the Benefits of Medical Marijuana
A doctor tells a patient that there are two drugs that are capable of treating his chronic pain: drug ‘A’ and drug ‘B’. Both drugs will be equally effective at treating the pain, but drug ‘A’ is highly addictive while drug ‘B’ is hardly so. The choice seems like a no brainer before even mentioning…
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Limiting Isn’t Preventing
What is one thing that television shows, movies, music, radio commercials, billboards, any kind of media form advertises? Alcohol. You see alcohol endorsing sports athletes, sporting events, and various competitions around the world. Everywhere you turn alcohol is there, whether it be right there in front of you or subtly. Little kids watching television all…
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Clean Needle Exchange, A MUST for Society
What do you think when you hear the phrase “needle exchange program”? For many, a myth has circulated spooking folks into thinking of needle exchange programs in a rather negative light. As with almost everything else that has served as controversial– legalization of marijuana, gay marriage, or abortion – people always think that once these…