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Taking drugs seriously : a Demos and UK Drug Policy Commission report on legal highs
2011 •
Nicola Singleton
The proliferation of new psychoactive substances, or â?~legal highsâ?T, in recent years has thrown the existing regulatory measures for drugs into sharp relief. As quickly as policy makers seek to control new substances through the Misuse of Drugs Act, others are being manufactured and put on the market. The effects of these new substances are unknown and untested; it is this uncertainty combined with easy accessibility that presents major challenges to public safety. However, these challenges also provide an opportunity to look again at drug control policy without a rerun of redundant debates about whether to be â?~toughâ?T or â?~softâ?T on drugs. Instead, this report adopts a systems approach and considers drug policy as a â?~wicked issueâ?T to which there is no solution, and no ultimate winners or losers. It is 40 years since the Misuse of Drugs Act became law, and the â?~drug problemâ?T is no nearer being solved. Taking Drugs Seriously argues that it is time for a new approach t...
Cannabis Regulation: The World Is Moving Forward, What Is Stopping Us?
Melissa Bone
This report compiles presentations from a variety of speakers including: Baroness Molly Meacher, Professor Val Curran, Sir Robin Murray, Dr Marta Di Forti, Peter Moyes, Peter Reynolds, John Churchhill, Pat Mungroo and myself discussing alternative ways to regulate cannabis at the House of Lords in July 2014.
The London Cannabis Conference Report 2014
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Routledge
European Drug Policies: The Ways of Reform
2017 •
Renaud Colson
The drug control regime established by the international community has not succeeded in curbing either the demand for, or the offer of, narcotics. But, despite a series of developments in the Americasincluding the legalisation of cannabis in Uruguay and in several states in the United States of Americathere is still little support in Europe for repealing drug prohibition laws. Nevertheless, a gradual policy convergence reveals the emergence of a European model favouring public health strategies over a strictly penal approach to combatting drugs, while growing transnational support for legalisation indicates the persistence of an alternative paradigm for drug policy. This book examines the various influences on drug policies in Europe, as grassroots movements, NGO networks, private foundations and academic research centres increasingly confront the prevailing discourses of drug prohibition. Pursuing an interdisciplinary approach and bringing together legal scholars, social scientists and practitioners, it provides a comprehensive and critical assessment of drug policy reform in Europe.
Attitudes to Drug Policy and Drug Laws; a review of the international evidence
Russell Newcombe
Addiction and Lifestyles in Contemporary Europe: Reframing Addictions Project (ALICE RAP) Corporate Social Responsibility Deliverable 11.2, Work Package 11
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The architectural patchwork of the welfare state
2012 •
Matilda Hellman
The Recreational Use of Cannabis: A Study on Field Practitioner Perspectives
2018 •
Clyde Sammut
This study aimed to give a practitioners perspective on whether recreational cannabis use leads to drug dependency and if services are in place for problematic cannabis use and their efficiency in engaging users in such drug treatment services in Malta. This is also taken in light of the current debate in Malta; where medical cannabis has now been legalised and the debate for recreational cannabis use is said to be underway. Through thematic analysis and semi-structured interviews from participants who work in such treatment services with drug dependent/recreational cannabis users, the researcher was able to collect rich data on the current situation in Malta when it comes to recreational/problematic cannabis use. Participants highlight concerns with cannabis use in terms of dependency/addiction and associated health risks of consuming cannabis. It was also noted that treatment is available for problematic use, however, it also greatly depends on the willingness of the individual involved. Participants also believe that the lack of education on illicit substances, including cannabis, leads to many opinions, but few informed debates/decisions, which impairs both progress in research and debating between ourselves. The youth were also central to practitioners’ comments, with most calling for the protection of this age-group, noting their preference for synthetic cannabis.
In thinking about cannabis policy, what can be learned from alcohol and tobacco?(2)
2008 •
Robin Room
If caffeine and other such banalised psychoactive substances are left out of consideration, almost everywhere in Europe today cannabis is one of the 'big three'of psychoactive substances, along with alcohol and tobacco. Although the international drug control system applies continuing pressure against it, cannabis has taken on a semi-legal status in many parts of Europe, at least at the level of the user.
Cannabis in Indonesia
2016 •
tom blickman
