Calvin White: Decriminalization on its own does nothing to tackle foundations of addiction

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Calvin White: Decriminalization on its own does nothing to tackle foundations of addiction
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Opinion: Real changes needed have not been a priority or there would be widespread, accessible treatment programs and centres already.

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That leads into how decriminalization affects our youth. Now the message to non-discerning youth, who are not so likely to parse differences between weed, alcohol and hard drugs, is a green light to substance use.

Instead, in a way, decriminalization is a form of denial that gets in the way of the real changes needed while we calibrate the “success” of our “boldness” — such calibration taking years to undertake.

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