Historique
Rapport
Cannabis social clubs in Spain: legalisation without commercialisation
Auteur(s) :
Transform Drug Policy Foundation
Année
2015
Page(s) :
4 p.
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Éditeur(s) :
Bristol : Transform Drug Policy Foundation
Refs biblio. :
17
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAR (Marchés / Markets)
Thésaurus géographique
ESPAGNE
Thésaurus mots-clés
CANNABIS
;
CANNABIS SOCIAL CLUB
;
LEGALISATION
;
MODELE
;
COMMERCE
Résumé :
ENGLISH:
Cannabis social clubs (CSCs) are private, non-profit organisations in which cannabis is collectively grown and distributed to registered members. With no profit motive to increase cannabis consumption or initiate new users, the clubs offer a more cautious, public health-centred alternative to large-scale retail cannabis markets dominated by commercial enterprises. The growth of the CSC model in Spain demonstrates that cannabis legalisation does not have to mean commercialisation. As CSCs show, it is entirely possible to restrict the availability and promotion of cannabis while at the same time making the drug legally available to adult users.
Additionally, the UN drug conventions have been interpreted as permitting CSCs, on the basis that they are an extension of decriminalisation policies. Because of this, the CSC model avoids many of the political and diplomatic obstacles associated with more far-reaching systems of legal regulation.
FRANÇAIS :
Ce document :
* fait le point sur les modalités de fonctionnement des Cannabis social clubs
* explicite les bénéfices d'une approche non commerciale du produit
* aborde la question de l'équilibre de ce modèle dans un contexte de multiplication et de développement des CSC.
Cannabis social clubs (CSCs) are private, non-profit organisations in which cannabis is collectively grown and distributed to registered members. With no profit motive to increase cannabis consumption or initiate new users, the clubs offer a more cautious, public health-centred alternative to large-scale retail cannabis markets dominated by commercial enterprises. The growth of the CSC model in Spain demonstrates that cannabis legalisation does not have to mean commercialisation. As CSCs show, it is entirely possible to restrict the availability and promotion of cannabis while at the same time making the drug legally available to adult users.
Additionally, the UN drug conventions have been interpreted as permitting CSCs, on the basis that they are an extension of decriminalisation policies. Because of this, the CSC model avoids many of the political and diplomatic obstacles associated with more far-reaching systems of legal regulation.
FRANÇAIS :
Ce document :
* fait le point sur les modalités de fonctionnement des Cannabis social clubs
* explicite les bénéfices d'une approche non commerciale du produit
* aborde la question de l'équilibre de ce modèle dans un contexte de multiplication et de développement des CSC.
Affiliation :
UK