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Legalizing Cannabis: Experiences, Lessons and Scenarios
This book examines cannabis policies and reform, offers an inter-disciplinary (but social-science led) account of global trends, and explores policy evaluation, models for legalization, and lessons that can be drawn from attempts to regulate other psychoactive substances.
| Author(s) | Edited by Tom Decorte (University of Ghent, Belgium), Simon Lenton (Curtin University, Australia), Chris Wilkins (Massey University, New Zealand). |
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| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 484 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 26 Feb 2020 |
| Availability | POD |
This book examines cannabis policies and reform, offers an inter-disciplinary (but social-science led) account of global trends, and explores policy evaluation, models for legalization, and lessons that can be drawn from attempts to regulate other psychoactive substances.
Introduction; PART I : THE NEW LEGAL CANNABIS MARKETS; 1.The uneven repeal of cannabis prohibition in the United States; 2.Practical lessons learned from the first years of the regulated recreational cannabis market in Colorado; 3.Recreational marijuana l
Tom Decorte is Professor of Criminology and Director of the Institute for Social Drug Research (ISD) at Ghent University (Belgium). He is co-founder of the Global Cannabis Cultivation Research Consortium (GCCRC). His research interests include patterns of
