Prohibition, privilege and the drug apartheid
The failure of drug policy reform to address the underlying fallacies of drug prohibition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12900331 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stuart P Taylor (0000-0001-6042-8656, Liverpool John Moores University, corresponding author), Julian Buchanan (Victoria University of Wellington), Tammy C Ayres (0000-0002-2590-9558, University of Leicester) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 452-469 |
| Publication date | 2016-02-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Criminology & Criminal Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-8958 • E-ISSN: 1748-8966 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1748895816633274 |
| OpenAlex | W2285281413 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 37 |
| References cited | 38 |
It appears to be a time of turbulence within the global drug policy landscape. The historically dominant model of drug prohibition endures, yet a number of alternative models of legalization, decriminalization and regulation are emerging across the world. While critics have asserted that prohibition and the ensuing ‘war on drugs’ lack both an evidence base and legitimacy, reformers are embracing these alternatives as indicators of progressive change. This article, however, argues that such reforms adhere to the same arbitrary notions, moral dogma and fallacious evidence base as their predecessor. As such they represent the ‘metamorphosis of prohibition’, whereby the structure of drug policy changes, yet the underpinning principles remain unchanged. Consequentially, these reforms should not be considered ‘progressive’ as they risk further consolidating the underlying inconsistencies and contradictions that have formed the basis of drug prohibition
Decriminalization · Drug · Law and economics · Legalization · Legitimacy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Privilege (computing · Sociology · Underpinning · Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Law · Medicine · Pharmacology
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Cannabis and international criminology
Corporate Cannabis at Home and Abroad
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The Shifting Landscape of Drug Policy and the Need for Innovative Research
Police encounters with people who use drugs during decriminalisation in British Columbia, Canada
People who use drugs’ prioritization of regulation amid decriminalization reforms in British Columbia, Canada
Stigmatised and stressed
In search of the future of penology. Can we escape from the fatalistic vision of criminal law
Positive drug stories
The importance of People who use drugs within drug policy reform debates
Ancient psychoactive plants in a global village
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Bereaved mothers’ engagement in drug policy reform
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Drug Stigma, Consumer Culture, and Corporate Power in the Opioid Crisis
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Psychological and socio-structural determinants of intentions to use drug checking services
Outside the outsiders
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Drug harms in the UK
Making Trouble
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Illegal Leisure Revisited
Simulacra and Simulation
Natural Recovery from Substance Dependency
The public health and social impacts of drug market enforcement
Effect of drug law enforcement on drug market violence
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Partnerships and communities in English drug policy
Questioning the method and utility of ranking drug harms in drug policy
Media constructions of illegal drugs, users, and sellers
Regime change
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| Unique citing works | 37 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,7 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 37 |