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Drug Markets and the State: A Perspective from Political Economy

Kosinski, Jake M
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1411564078

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2013, BA, Oberlin College, Politics.
The paper introduces a classification scheme for state approaches to regulation of drug markets. The concept of the 'drug regulation state' is developed to include policies and agencies concerned with all drugs, including legal examples such as tobacco, alcohol, and oxycodone. Approaches to regulation are classified broadly as drug war, harm reduction, decriminalization, and legalization. The approaches and rationales used by various state agents, especially in the United States and Europe, are summarized and analyzed. The history of modern pharmacology and drug regulation is expanded with a focus on the American case. The role of industry in state regulation is analyzed. The history of regulation for common drugs of abuse is broken down by class (opioids, cannabis, and stimulants). The paper concludes that while reform of drug war policies is increasingly popular, developing effective new strategies to mitigate drug harms will be difficult and has powerful opponents.
Marc Blecher (Advisor)
85 p.
Political Science
drugs; regulation; drug war; decriminalization; harm reduction; drug industry; legalization; cannabis; narcotics; pharmaceuticals; public health

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  • Kosinski, J. M. (2013). Drug Markets and the State: A Perspective from Political Economy [Undergraduate thesis, Oberlin College]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1411564078

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kosinski, Jake. Drug Markets and the State: A Perspective from Political Economy. 2013. Oberlin College, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1411564078.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kosinski, Jake. "Drug Markets and the State: A Perspective from Political Economy." Undergraduate thesis, Oberlin College, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1411564078

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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