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The Social Impacts Of Cannabis Legalization In Oregon: A Case Study, Nickolas Hash

Student Research Symposium

Classic assumptions about substances carrying dangerous impacts for society might not hold as true as once believed. Ulterior sources of input like personal morality or faith tend to inform these positions, resulting in policies that do no not align with fact based research. The aggregate of these policies make up what we often refer to as the “U.S. War on Drugs,” in which many scholars, politicians and citizens alike have chalked up as a failed political crusade that disproportionately affects poor and minority communities. A growing body of work is now confirming that the dangers once associated with substances, such …