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History, not harm, dictates why some drugs are legal and others aren't

  • Written by Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
History, not harm, dictates why some drugs are legal and others aren'tWhen considering harm to the user and to wider society, alcohol is much more of a problem than MDMA. Krists Luhaers

Drug-related offences take up a lot of the resources within Australia’s criminal justice system. In 2016–17 law enforcement made 113,533 illicit drug seizures and 154,650 drug-related arrests.

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