Drug Addiction and Drug Abuse
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...Legalization and Decriminalization The concept of controlling drugs is a relatively recent...people argue that if drugs were legalized (as...of Prohibition), drug trafficking and the...deterrents would encourage drug use, that people would still steal to buy drugs, and that many drugs...be a black market. Decriminalization is the elimination...