Making sense of<i>pot</i>: conceptual tools for analyzing legal cannabis policy discourse

Lévesque, Gabriel

doi:10.1080/19460171.2022.2044874

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“…In line with this argument, moral and epistemic frames are here viewed as mutually exclusive, since they tend to rely on opposite types of claims. This dichotomy also reflects the history of cannabis policy in the North American context, and can thus structure this analysis in a contextually meaningful way (Lévesque, 2022 2022). Table 1 presents three relevant frames for each dimension of the moral/epistemic dichotomy as they relate to cannabis policy.…”

Section: Framing Cannabis Policy Between Morality and Rationalitymentioning

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From right or wrong to true or false: Moral and epistemic framing in debates over cannabis policy reformulation

Lévesque

2022

Politics & Policy

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Cannabis legalization is often referred to as a moral issue.However, given the limits of morality policy as a distinct policy subcategory and the contemporary dominance of technocratic politics, one could wonder if it is really framed as such within political institutions. In this article, I ask how moral frames compete and interact with other frames in debates over morality policy. Working with a moral/epistemic dichotomy, I conduct framing analysis on parliamentary debates in Quebec, Ontario, and Maine, which have recently reformulated their cannabis policy. Although trends in framing vary across cases, moral frames are consistently less salient than epistemic frames. Furthermore, a pattern of complementary framing is found, whereby actors combine moral and epistemic frames. Overall, this study shows that cannabis policy is often framed as nonmoral, and that its moral component is nonexclusive. I conclude by discussing some implications of these findings in the post-legalization landscape.

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Section: Framing Cannabis Policy Between Morality and Rationalitymentioning

confidence: 99%