Drug law reform, performativity and the politics of childhood

Substance use: time for drug law reform.

I n the article " Substance abuse and developments in harm reduction " (page 1697 of this issue 1) Dr. Yuet Cheung concludes that in the 21st century harm reduction should be welcomed as an important player in addressing the use of currently illicit drugs, alongside prohibition and legalization. Other strategies that have become part of the discourse on how to resolve the drug problem include m...

The need and direction for drug law reform in Australia.

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The Politics of Medicare Reform

The cognitive politics of professional conflict: law reform, mental health treatment technology, and citizen self-governance.

The Politics of Patent Law: Why Patent Reform Failed in 2015 and Prospects for 2016

W hile patent reform appears to be an issue of perennial interest to lawmakers, the floors of Congress are littered with failed attempts to bring about large-scale, systemic change. To be sure, small and important changes to the patent code have been successfully enacted over the years. But prior to passage of the America Invents Act (AIA) in 2011, the last major patent reform occurred in 1952....