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Hedging bets: Applying New Zealand's gambling machine regime to cannabis legalization.

By January 11, 2018No Comments
Int J Drug Policy. 2018 Jan 11;53:113-114. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.12.015.
[Epub ahead of print]

Abstract

PM 2 site 207Cannabis 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
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