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Seven reasons banning drugs directly harms young people

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 12/01/2015 - 00:33
Are young people threatened by shoot outs between brewers, pub and off-licence owners? No, but they were during alcohol prohibition in America

Politicians often say we must arrest, imprison or, in some countries, even execute people who use or supply drugs to keep them off our streets, and young people safe. But as a doctor, I know from long experience that whether young people choose to take drugs or not comes down to a complicated mixture of reasons.

Among others, these include peer pressure, state of mind, what’s currently fashionable, whether they enjoy the experience - even a desire to  take risks, or rebel by sampling 'forbidden fruits'. But, perhaps counter-intuitively, harsh drug laws don't reduce drug use. And the evidence for this - including research by the UK Government -  is clear. That, of course, strikes at the heart of our punishment based approach to drugs. But

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