Legalising drugs: The key to ending the war

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Legalising drugs: The key to ending the war

23 June 2017

In his book, Legalizing Drugs: The Key to Ending the War, Steve Rolles, author and Senior Policy Analyst at Transform Drug Policy Foundation, manages to veer away from a polarising debate and lays out what reform could actually mean. There are now almost 100 countries across the globe making use of ‘harm reduction’ interventions, a practice that turns away from the more historical crime and punishment model for drugs. In addition, 25 countries have also ended criminalisation of cannabis use. In his book, Rolles draws upon evidence gathered from these examples to ask “Why has the war on drugs proved so resilient?

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