Crackdowns: the Effects of Intensive Enforcement on Retail Heroin Dealing
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Part of this debate concerns the purposes and justifications for such efforts. Some argue that the . enforcement activity is justified simply because laws against drug use exis, and it is the clear obligation of the State to enforce the laws. Others see the laws and improved enforcement as justified by their impact on levels of illicit drug use.' Still others see drug enforcement as a potentially useful approach to controlling "street crimes" such as robbery and burglary.2
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