@article{ref1,
title="The international regime of drug control may violate the human right to life and security",
journal="International journal on drug policy",
year="2023",
author="Johnstad, Petter Grahl",
volume="113",
number="",
pages="e103960-e103960",
abstract="Critics of the international regime of drug control have often pointed to its criminogenic effects, maintaining that drug criminalization gives rise to a profitable illicit drugs market which in turn sustains organized crime networks. Here I will expand upon this critique to argue that the violent crime resulting from the drug criminalization regime may constitute a violation of the human right to life and security. To support this argument, I will discuss the extent to which policy makers and the citizens who empower them may stand morally responsible for unintended but foreseeable consequences of the policies they implement. I will note that a north-south imbalance is at play: while the Global North has been the driving force behind the criminalization regime, the violent criminality entailed by the regime of drug control has impacted the Global South most strongly.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0955-3959",
doi="10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.103960",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.103960"
}