Qualitative research in Spanish cannabis social clubs: “The moment you enter the door, you are minimising the risks”

Běláčková, Vendula; Tomkova, Alexandra; Zábranský, Tomáš

doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.04.009

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“…CSC members often see high product quality, purity and control of content among the biggest benefits the CSCs provide (Belackova et al, 2016). However, we found no unified system of quality control in place in any of the three countries.…”

Section: Cannabis Cultivation and Distribution Within A Csccontrasting

confidence: 64%

“…Regarding the quality control processes of the clubs, a few CSCs test their cannabis in specialised labs, but the majority of them do not (see also : Belackova et al, 2016). The CSCs analysing their products usually test the percentage of cannabinoids, the presence of additives and contaminants, as well as other microbiological tests.…”

Section: Spainmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The monitoring of cultivation practices remains a point for attention, even in the case of Uruguay, where regulation applicable to the model has been introduced. An important obstacle to implement standardised toxicological analyses to ensure the quality, potency and purity of cannabis supplied by the clubs, would be its considerable cost (see also : Belackova et al, 2016) and the current domestic legal frameworks.…”

Section: Cannabis Cultivation and Distribution Within A Cscmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In countries where this is not yet the case, CSC's can operate as an experiment in order to prepare for the moment when the laws on cannabis cultivation for personal use will change". The definition proposed by ENCOD underlines that transparency, democracy and non-profitability are essential characteristics of the model, and points at its potential for harm reduction:"Cannabis Social Clubs apply an active policy of prevention of harms and risks and promotion of safer methods of consumption of cannabis by its members" (see also : Belackova, Tomkova & Zabransky, 2016).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Regulating Cannabis Social Clubs: A comparative analysis of legal and self-regulatory practices in Spain, Belgium and Uruguay

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By uncovering the current practices of CSCs in three key settings, this paper contributes to the understanding of the model, which has to some extent been shaped by the self-regulatory efforts of those involved on the ground. We suggest that some of these self-regulatory practices could be accommodated in future regulation in this area, while other aspects of the functioning of the CSCs may require more formal regulation and monitoring. Decisions on this model should also take into account the local context where the clubs have emerged. Finally, the integration of medical supply within this model warrants further attention.

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Section: Cannabis Cultivation and Distribution Within A Csccontrasting

confidence: 64%

Section: Spainmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Cannabis Cultivation and Distribution Within A Cscmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Regulating Cannabis Social Clubs: A comparative analysis of legal and self-regulatory practices in Spain, Belgium and Uruguay

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Queirolo

et al. 2017

International Journal of Drug Policy

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“…The most comprehensive challenge is posed by the UKCSC whose "peaceful activism" aims at ending "prohibition and the unjust, unfair criminalisation of cannabis consumers". 12 Based on a model that first evolved in Spain (Decorte, 2015;Belackova et al, 2016) the clubs are registered not-for-profit organisations that provide a platform for local cannabis collectives. There is a clear firewall between local groups involved in the actual growing and the UKCSC, who provide technical advice and register the plants.…”

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The three betrayals of the medical cannabis growing activist: From multiple victimhood to reconstruction, redemption and activism

Klein

Potter

2018

International Journal of Drug Policy

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While cannabis has been widely used in the UK for over 50 years, it is only in recent decades that domestic cultivation has become established. Public concern, media reporting and policing policy has emphasised the role of profit motivated criminal organisations often working on a large scale and with coerced labour. However, increasingly, another population are growing for medical reasons, to help themselves and others treat or manage difficult, poorly understood, or incurable conditions. Our study sought to further understand the motives, techniques and interactions of cannabis cultivators through interviews with 48 growers and supplementary ethnographic work. As well as those motivated to grow for personal use, social and commercial supply purposes we identified a cohort growing to provide themselves and others with cannabis used for therapeutic purposes. This paper draws primarily on interviews with a sub-group of sixteen medically-motivated growers who were not only involved in treatment, but also embraced the label "activist". Rather than develop techniques of deception they were organising to effect a change in legislation. Rejecting the image of criminal perpetrators, they presented themselves as victims of unjust government policy, an indifferent medical establishment, and brutal and immoral criminal markets. Through cultivation, association, self-healing and apomedication, they have found voice and are shifting the debate over the status of growers and of cannabis itself. The ambiguity of their position as both producers and patients challenges the assumptions underlying legal distinctions between suppliers and users, with potentially profound implications for policy.

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A Global Review of Cannabis Regulation Models

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Floodgate

2020

Regulating Cannabis

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Qualitative research in Spanish cannabis social clubs: “The moment you enter the door, you are minimising the risks”

Cited by 38 publications

References 47 publications

Regulating Cannabis Social Clubs: A comparative analysis of legal and self-regulatory practices in Spain, Belgium and Uruguay

Regulating Cannabis Social Clubs: A comparative analysis of legal and self-regulatory practices in Spain, Belgium and Uruguay

The three betrayals of the medical cannabis growing activist: From multiple victimhood to reconstruction, redemption and activism

A Global Review of Cannabis Regulation Models

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