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 The study, which looks at states that have decriminalized drugs, comes amid public backlash to progressive drug laws.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7eqq8/decriminalizing-drugs-doesnt-increase-fatal-overdoses-study
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 @f1a34388 we don't need to decriminalise drugs, we need to legalise them.  If regulatory standards and oversight can be created, and enforced, for production, processing, packaging, and distribution, then accidental contamination by foreign substances can be reduced in drugs unlikely to create overdose themselves, and addicts can rely on the concentration of the drug, and determine, numerically, safe dosing protocols, rather than having to guess at shit, reducing most accidental OD's. Simple as