The open-air drug market has been under intense scrutiny due to its potential to increase crime and ruin lives. ... A drug bust was recently targeted in the New York area where the assailants had an apartment where they were packaging and distributing heroin. ... It afflicted the borough's poorest areas, with sales concentrated in open-air markets at a few notorious housing developments like Stapleton and Park Hill." All in all, the open-air drug market has created a lot of sorrow in the streets of New York City. ...

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Violence in drug markets is one of the negative effects of drug prohibition (Miron 2001). Disputes arise between various parties within all markets. ... Violence was also widespread in gambling markets but has decreased sharply as a result of expanded legal gambling (Miron 2001). ... Harm reduction efforts targeted at drug users are often thwarted by legislation such as 2003 Reducing American's Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act. ... These include violence in drug markets fuelled by the prohibition of the drug trade, avoidable negative health outcomes for users and the mass incarceration of dr...

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This is based on three core principles; (1) Stopping drug use before it starts, (2) Healing America's drug users and (3) Disrupting the drug market. ... To target the supply of illegal drugs in source countries the President is requesting that $731 million in dedicated funds be appropriated to the Andean Counter-Drug Initiative to be applied to such countries as Bolivia, Colombia and Venezuela. ...

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He states that only the hard-core addicts are the targets that can get heroin. They can only receive at mobile hospital or medical facility where it is convenient for the targets. ... He also points out that the targets should only be getting heroin inside the hospital so that they cannot sell to anyone else nor use heroin privately. ... Who would decide the market price for the drugs? ...

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My opposition would try and sell people on the job markets that would be created. ... Even marijuana which a lot of people feel has no harmful side effects has recently been the target of several new ads on television. ...

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