The unintended consequences of drug policies: Report 5

Peter H. Reuter

RAND Corporation

RAND Corporation

关键词: Terrorism and Homeland Security;    Criminal Justice;   

RP-ID  :  TR-706-EC

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: RAND Corporation Published Research

【 摘 要 】

Drug prohibition and enforcement aim to reduce the extent of drug use and the associated harms. The evidence that they succeed is heavily contested. However it is clear that prohibition and enforcement have many consequences other than the intended ones. Many of these negative consequences play a major role in the discussion of drug policy, particularly in face of weak evidence that the principal component of current policy in most countries, namely the enforcement of prohibition, does indeed much reduce drug use.