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This is similar to whats happened in many European Union countries where drugs are legal, technically legal recreational drugs that law enforcement wont throw you in jail for possessing, but still make significant investments made in harm reduction programs

The findings from our meta-analysis are subject to several limitations

Evidence from around the world has shown that tobacco consumption is higher among the poorest households, the report noted, adding that expenditures on tobacco products divert scarce resources that poor families might have spent on food instead. For the poor, money spent on tobacco is money that could be spent on basic necessities such as food, shelter, education and health care, the report further read

The outcome of a struggle between free and controlled peoples democratic versus totalitarian rule was at stake