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This critique of drug prohibition was written 45 years ago

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Friday February 15, 2013 10:10

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These are pages from 'The Limits of the Criminal Sanction' written by Herbert L. Packer in 1968. It's striking how spot on Packer was, and how little the critique has changed. The only real difference is that the scale of the problems he identifies has become far, for greater.

HT @strayan

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