Drug Policy Reform

What Does Drug Policy Reform Mean?

Drug Policy Reform is any action undertaken by a government as a result of mandates, referendums, petitions or popular consensus of constituents. These actions alter existing laws, statutes, codes, ordinances or precedents to generally reduce the severity of sentences, level of prosecution or amount of enforcement as it relates to (usually) possession, especially of minimal amounts of illegal substances.

Much of drug policy reform, and success in the 21st century has focused around the decriminalization or legalization of cannabis for medicinal, industrial and recreational purposes. Proponents of drug policy reform often take the position that the “war on drugs” that has been waged in the western world for so long, has not been successful and it is time to adopt a new approach.

Maximum Yield Explains Drug Policy Reform

The demand or appeal for drug policy reform comes from all corners of society and from groups and individuals with a wide range of motives for doing so. There are regional, national and international groups and consortium whose respective missions are to achieve some sort of drug policy reform. Some seek it to reduce the strain on modern criminal justice systems, some see it as a way to generate tax income or create new revenue opportunities and some view it as a way to seek social justice, while others still see it as a religious, moral or even environmental issue.