{"version":"20211209","show_thumbnails":true,"show_date":true,"show_context":true,"layout":"grid","headline":"Related","items":[{"id":1046,"url":"https:\/\/smartdrugpolicy.org\/obama-a-new-approach-to-u-s-drug-policy-2009-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":964,"position":0},"title":"Obama \u2013 A New Approach to U.S. Drug Policy? (2009-2017)","author":"Ana\u00efs Faure","date":"January 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The administration of President Barack Obama witnessed the first change in the direction of drug policy since the administrations of Ford and Carter. Sentencing reform was influenced by the need to curtail ballooning prison populations and federal and state budgets, along with the recognition that the 40-year old drug war\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Drug Use & Control - A Brief History"","block_context":{"text":"Drug Use & Control - A Brief History","link":"https:\/\/smartdrugpolicy.org\/category\/issues-policies\/drug-use-control-a-brief-history\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/smartdrugpolicy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/39.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/smartdrugpolicy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/39.jpg 1x, https:\/\/smartdrugpolicy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/39.jpg 1.5x, https:\/\/smartdrugpolicy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/39.jpg 2x, https:\/\/smartdrugpolicy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/39.jpg 3x, https:\/\/smartdrugpolicy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/39.jpg 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":969,"url":"https:\/\/smartdrugpolicy.org\/decriminalizing-trafficking\/","url_meta":{"origin":964,"position":1},"title":"Decriminalizing Trafficking?","author":"Ana\u00efs Faure","date":"January 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Trafficking-affected countries could go as far as to implement a decriminalization regime. As with the decriminalization of consumption, a different legal framework would be required to replace incarceration with gradated sanctions that would increase in severity with the frequency of offenses and the amount of drugs confiscated. While violent traffickers\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Policy Alternatives and the Debate"","block_context":{"text":"Policy Alternatives and the Debate","link":"https:\/\/smartdrugpolicy.org\/category\/issues-policies\/policy-alternatives-and-the-debate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/smartdrugpolicy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/14.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/smartdrugpolicy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/14.jpg 1x, https:\/\/smartdrugpolicy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/14.jpg 1.5x, https:\/\/smartdrugpolicy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/14.jpg 2x, https:\/\/smartdrugpolicy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/14.jpg 3x, https:\/\/smartdrugpolicy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/14.jpg 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":962,"url":"https:\/\/smartdrugpolicy.org\/depenalization-and-decriminalization\/","url_meta":{"origin":964,"position":2},"title":"Depenalization and Decriminalization","author":"Ana\u00efs Faure","date":"January 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Depenalization differs from legalization in that drugs remain illegal, but possession of small amounts carry minor penalties such as fines or community service, rather than time in jail. Since the 1970s, many U.S. states have depenalized the possession of limited amounts of marijuana as misdemeanor offenses. Mexico has broadened depenalization\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Policy Alternatives and the Debate"","block_context":{"text":"Policy Alternatives and the Debate","link":"https:\/\/smartdrugpolicy.org\/category\/issues-policies\/policy-alternatives-and-the-debate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/smartdrugpolicy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/depenalization-and-decriminalization.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/smartdrugpolicy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/depenalization-and-decriminalization.jpg 1x, https:\/\/smartdrugpolicy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/depenalization-and-decriminalization.jpg 1.5x, https:\/\/smartdrugpolicy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/depenalization-and-decriminalization.jpg 2x, https:\/\/smartdrugpolicy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/depenalization-and-decriminalization.jpg 3x, https:\/\/smartdrugpolicy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/depenalization-and-decriminalization.jpg 4x"},"classes":[]}]}