{
  "id": 16196871,
  "title": "40 years after the Anti-Drug Abuse Act, punishment is law and treatment is lacking",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/40-years-after-the-anti-drug-abuse-act-punishment-is-law-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T14:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/6166028-anti-drug-abuse-act-legacy/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The reality 40 years later is that Congress made the drug penalties permanent law, while drug treatment was left to be determined during annual budget fights.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}