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Making Sense Of Drug Regulation: A Theory Of Law For Drug Control Policy , Kimani Paul-Emile
Making Sense Of Drug Regulation: A Theory Of Law For Drug Control Policy , Kimani Paul-Emile
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This article advances a new theory of drug regulation that addresses two previously unexamined questions: how law-makers are able to regulate drugs differently irrespective of the dangers the drugs may pose and independent of their health effects, and the process followed to achieve this phenomenon. For example, although tobacco products are the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. they can be bought and sold legally by adults, while marijuana, a substantially safer drug, is subject to the highest level of drug control. This article posits a conceptual model for making sense of this dissonance and applies this model …
Charleston Policy: Substance Or Abuse, The , Kimani Paul-Emile
Charleston Policy: Substance Or Abuse, The , Kimani Paul-Emile
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In 1989, the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) adopted a policy that, according to subjective criteria, singled out for drug testing, certain women who sought prenatal care and childbirth services would be tested for prohibited substances. Women who tested positive were arrested, incarcerated and prosecuted for crimes ranging from misdemeanor substance possession to felony substance distribution to a minor. In this Article, the Author argues that by intentionally targeting indigent Black women for prosecution, the MUSC Policy continued the United States legacy of their systematic oppression and resulted in the criminalizing of Black Motherhood.
Drug Legalization: The Importance Of Asking The Right Question Symposium On Drug Decriminalization, Mark A.R. Kleinman, Aaron J. Saiger
Drug Legalization: The Importance Of Asking The Right Question Symposium On Drug Decriminalization, Mark A.R. Kleinman, Aaron J. Saiger
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As a policy analysis, this article's central argument is that that the costs imposed by markets in licit psychoactives are significantly greater than those imposed by drug prohibition.