“An investigator from Purdue University in Indiana assessed the association between drug laws and drug consumption patterns in a representative survey of 15,191 adolescents aged 15-24 years from various European nations.  The study reports, ‘[R]emoving criminal penalties [for controlled substances] does not necessitate a higher number of users compared to countries with penalties, and the former actually have comparatively lower usage. In fact, higher possession offenses are associated with greater drug use.'”

http://norml.org/news/2013/01/17/study-depenalizing-drug-possession-offenses-associated-with-lower-drug-consumption-rates-among-young-people

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