Citation

Caulkins JP. Int. J. Drug Policy 2018; 53: 113-114.

Affiliation

Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz College, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA. Electronic address: caulkins@andrew.cmu.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.12.015

PMID

29331757

Abstract

Cannabis legalization is often falsely depicted as a binary choice between status quo prohibition and legalizing production and distribution by (regulated) for-profit industry. There are, however, many more prudent architectures for legalization, such as restricting production and distribution licenses to not-for-profit entities. Wilkins describes how New Zealand applied that concept to gambling machines and proposes a parallel for cannabis legalization. Greater investment in proposing good designs along these lines, including attending to governance structures, would be valuable.

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Language: en

Keywords

Cannabis; Gambling; Legalization; Not-for-profit