Pot, politics and the press - reflections on cannabis law reform in Western Australia

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Pot, politics and the press - reflections on cannabis law reform in Western Australia

Windows of opportunity for changing drug laws open infrequently and they often close without legislative change being affected. In this paper the author, who has been intimately involved in the process, describes how evidence-based recommendations to "decriminalize" cannabis have recently...

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Main Author:	Lenton, Simon
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	2004
Subjects:	cannabis - drug - decriminalisation - decriminalization - prohibition - civil penalties - legal aspects - criminal justice - legalisation - drug policy - deterrence - Australia
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8366

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