CRI210H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Drug Policy Reform, Methadone, Harm Reduction
27 Dec 2016
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This chapter looks at the criminal justice responses of drugs and argues that the prohibition based approaches to drugs with the emphasis on punishment and deterrence has failed. Statistics canada; despite the overall fall in crime rate, there has been a. A large seizure may create a shortage and drive up a drug"s price locally, which then increases the value of the drugs that remain in the market . Even what appears to be an obvious success in enforcing the drug deal laws which is seizure of a large quantity of drugs can produce harm bringing even greater profits to be made themselves. Prohibition assumes that the problem is drug availability and that availability can be reduced through law enforcement and punishment this approach ignores the real issues such as alienation, homelessness, physical and sexual abuse as well as mental illness.
