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The Effects of Drug Control Policies on Individual and Community Health for People of Color: Proceedings of a Workshop

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice; Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity
Kat M. Anderson
, editors.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2023 Oct 2.
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Review

The Effects of Drug Control Policies on Individual and Community Health for People of Color: Proceedings of a Workshop

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice; Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity.
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Excerpt

The United States has a complex system of laws and policies that attempt to regulate the distribution, manufacture, and use of a variety of non-legal drug substances as part of its overall criminal justice system. Laws regarding drug use have disproportionately impacted individuals and communities of color at every step of the journey through the criminal justice system, including arrest, conviction, sentencing, and incarceration. These disparities have clear outcomes for both individual and community health. To examine the effects of drug control policies on the health of individuals and communities of color, the Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity held a workshop on October 8, 2018, in Washington, DC. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions of the workshop.

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This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and the Aetna Foundation, the Colorado Trust, the Health Services and Resources Administration, the Kresge Foundation, Merck Research Laboratories and the Office of the Chief Patient Officer, the NAM Robert Wood Johnson Culture of Health Program Endowment, and the Veterans Health Administration Office of Health Equity. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of any organization or agency that provided support for the project.

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