Int J Drug Policy. 2018 Jan 11;53:113-114. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.12.015.
[Epub ahead of print]
Abstract
Cannabis legalization is often falsely depicted as a binary choice between status quo prohibition and legalizing production and distribution by (regulated) for-profit industry. There are, however, many more prudent architectures for legalization, such as restricting production and distribution licenses to not-for-profit entities. Wilkins describes how New Zealand applied that concept to gambling machines and proposes a parallel for cannabis legalization. Greater investment in proposing good designs along these lines, including attending to governance structures, would be valuable.
KEYWORDS:
Cannabis; Gambling; Legalization; Not-for-profit
- PMID: 29331757
- DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.12.015