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drug decriminalization: a standalone construct

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Drug policy

removing criminal penalties for personal drug possession, often replacing them with administrative responses and treatment referral.

In drug policy, drug decriminalization refers to removing criminal penalties for personal drug possession, often replacing them with administrative responses and treatment referral. This meaning comes from Hughes (2010) in British Journal of Criminology.[1]

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References

Hughes, C. E., & Stevens, A. (2010). What Can We Learn From The Portuguese Decriminalization of Illicit Drugs? British Journal of Criminology, 50(6), 999-1022. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azq038

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