How the East Influenced Drug Prohibition

Prohibition against off-label drug promotion challenged.

Global drug prohibition: its uses and crises

In the 20th century, political leaders and governments throughout the world supported drug prohibition and constructed a global drug prohibition system. They did so because of the influence of the USA and its allies and the UN. This article suggests they also did so because drug prohibition, drug demonisation and anti-drug campaigns were very useful*/especially to politicians, the police, the m...

Drug Prohibition: A Legal and Economic Analysis*

AESTKACT. This paper argues the case for the lcgalizatioii of addictive drugs such as iiiarijuaiia, cocaine, aiid licroin. It maintains that there are no “market failures” which could justify a banning of thcsc substaiiccs, and that, as in the earlier historical case of prohibition of alcohol, our present drug policy has increased crinic, decreased respect for lcgitiiriate law, and created grea...

Drug prohibition in the United States: costs, consequences, and alternatives.

"Drug legalization" increasingly merits serious consideration as both an analytical model and a policy option for addressing the "drug problem." Criminal justice approaches to the drug problem have proven limited in their capacity to curtail drug abuse. They also have proven increasingly costly and counterproductive. Drug legalization policies that are wisely implemented can minimize the risks ...

The Effect of Alcohol Prohibition on Illicit-drug-related Crimes*

We evaluate the effect of alcohol access on drug-related crime and mortality using detailed information on access laws in Texas between 1978 and 1996. Counties with alcohol access have higher average levels of drug-related crimes. However, after controlling for both county and year fixed effects, we find that having local alcohol access decreases crime associated with illicit drugs. This basic ...