Titre : | Political economy of illegal drugs |
Titre traduit : | (L'économie politique des drogues illégales) |
Auteurs : | P. KOPP |
Type de document : | Livre |
Editeur : | London : Routledge, 2004 |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-2041-527138-X |
Format : | 227 p. / graph. |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | MAR (Marchés / Markets) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés PRODUIT ILLICITE ; ECONOMIE ; ORGANISATION CRIMINELLE ; MARCHE DE LA DROGUE ; CONSOMMATION ; PRIX ; PROHIBITION ; REPRESSION ; BLANCHIMENT |
Résumé : |
The first chapter analyses the flow of drugs. The suppliers constitute the primary actors in drug markets. Each of the supplier groups (importers, retailers, criminal organizations) adopts strategies that differ greatly from those of a classical legitimate firm.
Chapter 2 is devoted to drug addiction. If addicted consumers react paradoxally to the price signals engendered by public policy, then it is the efficiency of the latter that should be questioned. For some, drug consumers are not responsible economic agents, but individuals whose economic behaviour has become abnormal as a result of their affinity for drugs. This thesis poses problems because it repudiates the value that the act of consumption represents for the individual. The question of whether economic analysis can help to define the framework of good drug policy is at the heart of Chapter 3. Unfortunately, a quick review of the literature illustrates that although mainstream normative analysis performs well in evaluating the marginal effects of drug policy (new treatment or inroads into criminal policy) it is incapable of clearly indicating which of the two important regimes (prohibition or legalization) should be recommended. The stream of analysis called "Law and Economics", as initiated by Coase (1937), consists of an interesting approach, distinct from traditional normative analysis. In Chapter 4, the issue is no longer to decide whether we should prohibit or legalize drugs, but to determine which public policy should be retained within an institutional framework where prohibition is a fact. Chapter 5 tries to define the normative objective which should be established in public drug policy. The search for efficiency seems shocking when applied to the area of social policy. It is, however, intertwined with the objective of social drug cost minimization, and thus solidly establishes the basis for those policies entitled "harm reduction". Minimization of social drug cost is thus the main objective of drug policy. Chapter 6 deals with the implementation of public drug policy. The conventional approach for reducing externalities is based on the hypothesis that repression increases the price paid by the consumer of drugs, and is thus a motivation to reduce consumption. We will see that not only can the particularities of drug price-demand elasticity intervene and thwart the expected effectiveness of the repressive policy. The drug suppliers' organizational methods can also play a negative role in policies aimed at reducing consumption. Chapter 7 continues the previous discussion in regard to the fight against organized crime and money laundering. It is fairly apparent that policies implemented run up against several obstacles, but, without it being a real consolation, we can say that the theories put forward really do advance our thinking. (Extract of the publication) |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 287 |
Affiliation : | Pantheon-Sorbonne Univ., Paris I, France |
Numéro Toxibase : | 1300887 |
Centre Emetteur : | 13 OFDT |
Cote : | L00867 |
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