... of "soft drugs- has emerged as an active political issue in many European countries, including Switzerland, Holland, and Germany. The policies being considered range from decriminalization, or repeal of criminal penalties for private use and cultivation of cannabis, to full legalization, in which marijuana is commercially sold like alcohol and tobacco. The Netherlands follows a policy of separating the market for ... softening in sentencing guidelines for drug-related offenses short of frank legalization. Right now, a marijuana smoker is arrested every forty-five seconds. When we define ...

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... of "soft drugs" has emerged as an active political issue in many European countries, including Switzerland, Holland, and Germany. The policies being considered range from decriminalization, or repeal of criminal penalties for private use and cultivation of cannabis, to full legalization, in which marijuana is commercially sold like alcohol and tobacco. The Netherlands follows a policy of separating the market for ... softening in sentencing guidelines for drug-related offenses short of frank legalization. Right now, a marijuana smoker is arrested every forty-five seconds. When we define ...

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... of "soft drugs" has emerged as an active political issue in many European countries, including Switzerland, Holland, and Germany. The policies being considered range from decriminalization, or repeal of criminal penalties for private use and cultivation of cannabis, to full legalization, in which marijuana is commercially sold like alcohol and tobacco. The Netherlands follows a policy of separating the market for ... softening in sentencing guidelines for drug-related offenses short of frank legalization.Right now, a marijuana smoker is arrested every forty-five seconds. When we define ...

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... cannot go to court to settle disputes, whether between buyer and seller or between rival sellers. When black market contracts are breached, the result often is some form of violent sanction, which usually leads to retaliation in the form of open warfare in the streets. Washington, D.C., has become known as the "murder capital," even though it is the most heavily policed ... is, instead, one of the grim and bitter consequences of an ideological crusade whose proponents will not admit defeat. Third, drug prohibition channels more than $40 Billion a year into the criminal underworld. Alcoh...

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