Possession of marijuana was made a crime within the United States in 1937 when Congress passed the Marijuana Tax Act. ... The second strategy is to make drug-treatment programs available to all those who need them. The last, but not least, strategy was to make marijuana available only to competent adults (Nadelman, The Lindesmith Center). ... According to Nadelman, his strategy would increase public treasuries of at least ten billion a year and maybe much more. This strategy would have many economical benefits on the United States. ...

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Harm Minimisation The term Harm Minimisation is used widely and is associated with drug related strategies. ... The Australian Drug Foundation believes that it would be in the public interest if this term were avoided in relation to drug strategy. ... This is same rhetoric used in New York and More recently adopted in the Northern Territory;  Legislation giving police the power to break-up groups of youths in public places (Crimes Legislation Amendment [Police and Public Safety] Act 1998); Legislation covering possession of knives and other implements (Cr...

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Heroin is one of the most commonly used drugs in the world. It comes from a group of drugs known as opiates also called "narcotic analgesics". Heroin is processed from morphine, a natural substance extracted from the seedpod of an Asian poppy plant. It usually appears as a white or brown powder w...

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The Drug-Free Workplace Act, while not requiring drug testing, does require all federal contractors with contracts worth at least $25,000 or more, to establish a drug-free awareness program and communicate the program to all its employees. ... The future will be a challenge for companies to identify the right strategy to use when dealing with and implementing a drug testing method and policy. ...

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Dylan has a support network of people who are rooting for him to get his act together. ... According to CSAT #34, "Brief therapy is a systematic, focused process that relies on assessment, client engagement, and rapid implementation of change strategies" (SAMHSA, 1999). ...

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