An economist weighs up the pros and cons of legalisation. The welfare impact of legalising prohibited drugs would be a combination of the impact on the enjoyment of drug use, harm from drugs and from the illegal market, drug-related crime,…
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Druglink article 1990 – Prohibition: the Chinese experience by Richard Newman
Imperial China’s drug war battled uphill against powerful traffickers and booming demand – with familiar results. Opium problems in nineteenth century China have been cited as illustrative of the evils of legalising drugs, but are more illustrative of the effects…
Druglink article 1988 – The failures of prohibition by Carole Tongue
Internationally and in Britain the drugs issue is still the domain of consensus politics. But Labour MEP Carole Tongue belives it is time to stop the comforting ‘drug war’ rhetoric and start a radical review of the failures of prohibition.…
Reform debate – drugs
Drugs: Third Report of Session 2022–23 (2023) In this report the Committee calls for a new legislative and funding framework that enables practical, risk-reducing interventions such as establishing a pilot drug consumption facility and drug testing at festivals. It further…
Legalisation
What is legalisation? In general, legalisation is meant to indicate that the supply and possession of currently illegal drugs, should be legally controlled in the same way that alcohol or tobacco are controlled in most countries. Decriminalisation is often meant…
Should drugs be legalised?
The call for the present drug laws to be changed has come from many quarters. The legalisation debate The debate itself can be broken down into three key elements: Civil liberties versus the duty of the state; The harm caused…