rden them. It certainly doesn't rehabilitate them. They come out of prison only to involve themselves again, and this in turn accoun!
             ts for the system's high recidivism rates. (Decriminalization Article, 1992, p.3-4) As another federal judge, Robert W. Swett, told the New York Times, "The present policy of trying to prohibit the use of drugs through the use of criminal law is a mistake." (New York Times, 1997, p. 2) So if the drug trade "profitability" can be lessened, perhaps drug crimes will go down as well. The idea of "harm reduction" is a thought that may hold some merit. Not always easy to define, harm reduction ge
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