The Misuse of Drugs act started decades of criminalisation-centred drug policy that hasn’t worked.
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A change to drug laws in New Zealand has been hailed as a leap towards treating drug addiction as a heath issue. But it has also been criticised for essentially decriminalising class A drugs.
147m people used the drug last year. We need to know much more about it.
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Professor in Criminology, Loughborough University
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Professor of Psychology and Public Health, AUT, Auckland University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Criminology and Human Rights, Swansea University
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Associate Member of the Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Middlesex University, Middlesex University