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Decriminalization: How police drug seizure, even without arrest, can create harms.
Using police to "solve" this systemic social problem illustrates H.L. Mencken's "there is always a well-known solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and wrong"
The ConversationDecriminalization: How police drug seizure, even without arrest, can create harmsA police policy of not making arrests for simple possession is a way to essentially decriminalize personal drug use. However, confiscating drugs — even without arrests — can be harmful in many ways.