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Our drugs policies have failed. It's time to reinvent them based on what actually works

  • Written by Alison Ritter, Professor & Specialist in Drug Policy, UNSW Australia
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There is only one way to make better decisions about illicit drugs and so save lives and money: we need to change the way drugs policies are made.

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