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The Strange Career Of The Transnational Legal Order Of Cannabis Prohibition, Ely Aaronson
The Strange Career Of The Transnational Legal Order Of Cannabis Prohibition, Ely Aaronson
UC Irvine Journal of International, Transnational, and Comparative Law
There is a crack in everything — that’s how the light gets in
Leonard Cohen, Anthem
In an era often characterized as one of growing convergence of the laws
governing criminal activities in different countries, the issue-area of cannabis
policy undergoes processes of fragmentation and polarization. Some countries
continue to criminalize all forms of medical and recreational uses of
cannabis. Others have sought to “separate the market” for cannabis from
that of other drugs by decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of
marijuana, authorizing its use for medical purposes, and establishing
administrative measures for taxing and regulating the commercial sale …