Potent Moment

Building Social Equity into Cannabis Legalization

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

A Potent Moment assesses the current state of cannabis laws in the United States in the context of broader discussions about drug policy and advances a framework for future efforts to use cannabis legalization to advance social equity. It describes the racist origins of cannabis criminalization and the ways in which the prosecutors of the War on Drugs have disproportionately harmed people of color. It also offers numerous detailed case studies to identify both the successes and failures of the more recent movement to legalize cannabis at the state level, particularly in terms of their efficacy at using cannabis policy to redress social inequality. At the same time, the author considers the difficulty of crafting effective policies in the face of ongoing cannabis criminalization at the federal level, a theme which is present throughout the book as well as in a chapter dedicated to weighing the benefits—but also real dangers—of various proposals for national legalization. A Potent Moment ends with a forceful call to reorient American drug policy away from fear, stigma, and punishment and toward evidence-driven approaches that are applied with compassion.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-12-06
Mått:158 x 236 x 26 mm
Vikt:680 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:354
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781666918076

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Jeffrey Moyer is visiting lecturer of public policy at Northeastern University.

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This survey of the progress of cannabis legalization in the United States is unusual for succeeding as both intellectual inquiry and policy advocacy. The core inquiry is twofold. First, Moyer analyzes the legalization campaigns that triumph or fail at the state level. Second, he asks if social equity—i.e., meaningful material redress for the disproportionate impact of cannabis prohibition on racial and ethnic minority communities—should be included in the development of the recreational cannabis retail industry. After tracing the political origins of alcohol and drug regulation in the mobilization of nativist and racist antipathies, Moyer describes how cannabis prohibition exacerbated the racial wealth gap. He uses detailed case studies of legalization campaigns in Colorado, Ohio, Massachusetts, Illinois, and New York to illustrate policy-making possibilities and limitations. He explores the problems associated with including social equity provisions. American politics and public policy scholars are likely to be intrigued by one important consequence of the Justice Department's 2013 "Cole Memo," which directed US attorneys to defer to state and local regulation: treating cannabis markets as hermetically sealed within state borders and the resulting rent-seeking from interstate cannabis tourism. Highly recommended. General readers through faculty; professionals.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: The First Era of Drug Regulation: From the Great Binge to the Great SocietyChapter 2: Racial Inequity and the War on DrugsChapter 3: Cannabis Legalization: A New Paradigm of Control?Chapter 4: Colorado: Legalization Without EquityChapter 5: Ohio: Equity Without LegalizationChapter 6: Massachusetts: A Vision for Social EquityChapter 7: Illinois: Policy Design for Social EquityChapter 8: New York: Resources for Social EquityChapter 9: The War on Drugs and the Fight for Racial Justice in Federal LegalizationConclusion: From “Halloween Sadism” to Harm Reduction: Moving Toward EquityBibliographyIndexAbout the Author