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- Title: Substance Abuse and the Criminal Law (Report)
- Author : Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table
- Release Date : January 22, 2010
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 250 KB
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Introduction The harm that criminal laws against drugs do are frequently, but wrongly blamed on drugs. E.g: "You think drugs don't do harm. Tell that to the widow of the law enforcement officer who was killed while trying to make a drug bust." What the speaker does not realize is that drugs did not cause the death of that officer. Attempts at drug interdiction did. (4) Is the "war on drugs" worth it? I'm tempted to say "Ask the slain officer's widow"? But candidly that is not a fair question. Just as in a war that should be fought, soldiers will be killed, and on a big picture basis, their deaths may be worth it. But, I'm not sure that the war on drugs belongs in that category.