Drug Abuse

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The paper examines drug abuse which is a significant problem throughout the world and shows no signs of declining. The paper discusses that this is despite the global war on drugs being waged today at great expense by many governments and by tens of thousands of law enforcement personnel. The paper claims that in terms of a demand and supply perspective, the current war on drugs is focusing far too much on punishment for dealers and users and not enough on the sociological and psychological causes of drug abuse.

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"Drug abuse is a significant problem throughout the world and shows no signs of declining, despite the global war on drugs being waged today at great expense by many governments and by tens of thousands of law enforcement personnel. In terms of a demand and supply perspective, the current war on drugs is focusing far too much on punishment for dealers and users and not enough on the sociological and psychological causes of drug abuse. A number of innovative policies could positively affect obvious supply and demand aspects of drug abuse and the huge expense of prohibition and negative externals associated with it. But implementing such policies is rarely if ever pursued because of rigid political attitudes that promote irrational deterrence concepts."

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