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Published in conjunction with Beckley Foundation Press. Convened by Amanda Feilding.
Cannabis Policy
Moving beyond stalemate
Robin Room, Benedikt Fischer, Wayne Hall, Simon Lenton, and Peter Reuter
Covenor: Amanda Feilding
256 pages
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234x156mm
978-0-19-958148-1
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Paperback
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21 January 2010
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- Provides a full review of the health and psychological effects of cannabis use, valuable for those to involved in decisions about use, as well as providing a basis for policy
- Describes just how things function under the current prohibition regime: high rates of use, high rates of arrest or other social processing of users, even with decriminalization, giving the reader an understanding of the drawbacks of most current systems, and pointing to the need for change
- Offers typology of cannabis reform options, and experience with them, helping those involved in the policy process in clear thinking; gives them the benefits of experience elsewhere
Cannabis, marijuana, pot, ganja - it goes by many names — is by far the most widely used illegal substance, and accounts for more arrests than any other drug. Barely a week goes by without this drug appearing in the newpapers, and politicians have famously tied themselve in knots, trying to decide just how to deal with this recreational drug. While there have been many drug policy books on other substances - both legal and illegal, few have focused on this drug.
Cannabis Policy: Moving beyond Stalemate is unique in providing the materials needed for deciding on policy about cannabis in its various forms. It reviews the state of knowledge on the health and psychological effects of cannabis, and its dangerousness relative to
other drugs. It considers patterns and trends in use, the size and character of illicit markets, and the administration of current policies, including arrests and diversion to treatment, under the global prohibition regime. It looks at the experience of a number of countries which have tried reforming their regimes and softening prohibition, exploring the kinds of changes or penalties for use for possession: including depenalization, decriminalization, medical control, and different types of legalization. It evaluates such changes and draws on them to assess the effects on levels and patterns of use, on the market, and on adverse consequences of prohibition. For policymakers willing to look outside the box of the global prohibition regime, the book examines the options and possibilities
for a country or group of countries to bring about change in, or opt out of, the global control system.
Throughout, the book examines cannabis within a global frame, and provides in accessible form information which anyone considering reform will need in order to make decisions on cannabis policy (much of which is new or has not been readily available). This book will be essential for those involved in policymaking and be of interest to a wide range of readers interested in drugs and drug policy, as well as being an excellent supplementary text for university courses in criminology, policy science, social science, or public health.
Published with the BECKLEY FOUNDATION
PRESSReadership: Students and researchers in the fields of addiction, public health, criminology, and policy studies as well as policy makers.
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Robin Room, Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, Australia, Benedikt Fischer, Simon Fraser University, Canada, Wayne Hall, University of Queensland, Australia, Simon Lenton, Curtin University of Technology, Australia, and Peter Reuter, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, USA Covenor: Amanda Feilding, Director of the Beckley Foundation, Published with Beckley Foundation Press
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Foreword by Thomas Schelling
Preface
Part I: Cannabis Policy: Moving beyond Stalemate
1: Introduction
2: The Health and Psychological Effects of Cannabis Use
Annex : Health Advice on Cannabis Use
3: The Cannabis Prohibition Regime: Patterns of Use, Markets and Policies
4: The Range of Reforms within the System: Softening the Prohibition
5: The Impacts of Cannabis Policy Reforms within the Current Drug Control Regime
6: Beyond the Current Drug Conventions
7: Paths Forward from the Impasse
Part II: Conclusions and Recommendations
Annex: Research Priorities
Part III: Draft Framework Convention on Cannabis Control
References
About the Authors and the Beckley Foundation
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