Political ideologies and drug policy

Scheerer, Sébastian

doi:10.1007/bf02249526

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“…A rigorous attempt to apply a cost-benefit pragmatism to drug control policy is offered by Mark Kleiman in his recent book Against Excess which draws upon earlier work of his own and that of policy analysts such as Mark Moore and Peter Reuter (Kleiman, 1989 and1992;Reuter and Kleiman, 1986;Moore, 1977). Kleiman is 'against excess' both in terms of drug misuse and enforcement measures, and employs various forms of economic and quasi-economic reasoning in order to compare different control options, aiming for that which will maximize the utilities and minimize the disutilities arising form the chosen policy.…”

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“…A useful point of departure is the anti-prohibitionist position developed in a European context in a particularly vigorous form by Sebastian Scheerer in a recent article in the pages of this journal (Scheerer, 1992). A useful point of departure is the anti-prohibitionist position developed in a European context in a particularly vigorous form by Sebastian Scheerer in a recent article in the pages of this journal (Scheerer, 1992).…”

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Pharmacology and fashion

Pearson

1993

Eur J Crim Policy Res

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The “Temperance Mentality”: A Comparison of University Students in Seven Countries

Alexander¹,

Dawes²,

Wijngaart³

et al. 1998

Journal of Drug Issues

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In response to a ‘temperance mentality’ questionnaire, university students from Iran, Bulgaria, the United States, and Italy expressed more support for ‘temperance moralism’ than did students from Canada, Ireland, and the Netherlands. On the other hand, students from all seven countries generally supported ‘non-moralistic drug prohibitionism,’ an attitude that appears more compatible with the contemporary harm-reduction movement. In every sample, students expressed more support for temperance items that were directed towards drugs and alcohol than they did for items that were directed at alcohol alone. We argue that understanding the “temperance mentality” on a transnational level may help society to avoid repeating some of the drug policy excesses of the past.

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