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war on drugs

The war on drugs is a fight with no winners
Opinion
/ 16 November 2022

The war on drugs is a fight with no winners

A humanitarian intervention is needed to reform a punitive system that does not produce the desired results

By Martin Ignacio Díaz Velásquez
Stop the ‘war on drugs’, it doesn’t work
Opinion
/ 22 November 2020

Stop the ‘war on drugs’, it doesn’t work

Punitive measures simply drive drug use underground. A more effective way is to adopt harm reduction interventions

By Tlaleng Mofokeng

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