Across
- 3. (2 words) the amount of money that has been spent carrying out the War on Drugs
- 6. (2 words) it is believed that decriminalization will lead to these increasing
- 10. the process of reducing or fully eliminating the criminal punishments associated with using illegal drugs
- 11. strategy used by law-enforcement to direct individuals away from criminal processing and towards community/health/education resources
Down
- 1. (2 words) worsened by punishments that targeted people of color at alarming rate
- 2. 13 year long period in the U.S. when the production and sale of alcohol was illegal, and whose logic is still applied today to illicit drugs
- 4. (2 words) a kind of services that can decrease the negative impacts of drugs on individuals without punishing them with criminal charges.
- 5. virus that is commonly spread through bodily fluids by sharing drug injection equipment
- 6. highly addictive stimulant that comes in many forms, including "rocks" or crystalline powder
- 7. forbidden by law or customs, another term for "illegal"
- 8. drugs laced with this pose extreme health risks and death for users
- 9. (3 words) set of policies introduced by President Nixon in 1968