But the quintessential example of over-criminalization is drug
abuse
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There is scant medical evidence that soft drugs such as
cannabis or MDMA ("Ecstasy")have an irreversible effect on
brain chemistry or functioning.

Jon Cole, an addiction researcher at Liverpool University
claimed  that:

"Experimental evidence suggesting a link between Ecstasy use
and problems such as nerve damage and brain impairment is
flawed..

Using this ill-substantiated cause-and-effect to tell the
'chemical generation' that they are brain damaged when they
are not, creates public health problems of its own."
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