Will Legalising Cannabis Extend Prohibition?

The inexorable momentum towards cannabis legalisation has taken hold across the globe. New, courageous policies are emerging in all corners of the earth – from Uruguay to Canada, from Ireland to Germany, a wave of positive reforms are being passed or pondered over by policymakers. 

However, Julian Buchanan suggests that, for all the positive propulsion of the global legalisation movement, it may well pay dividends to take our time and work out the best way to legalise, lest we repeat the mistakes of the past.

Prohibition Poster, 1888. (Wikimedia Commons)

Prohibition Poster, 1888. (Wikimedia Commons)

Yes – clearly cannabis should be legal, but, more fundamentally, we need to tackle the damages of drug prohibition which has led to an irrational and unscientific bifurcation of drugs. An archaic system that favours, promotes and culturally embeds the use of some drugs, while fiercely policing, prohibiting...

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