Buxton, J and Burger, L (2020) International Drug Policy in Context. In: The Impact of Global Drug Policy on Women: Shifting the Needle. Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 9-22. ISBN 978-1-83982-885-0

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Abstract

This chapter explores the norms and assumptions that frame and sustain international drug policy and the international drug control regime. Drug policy is conceptualised as a ‘policy fiasco’ that persists despite extensive evidence of goal failure. The absence of effective monitoring and evaluation, impact assessment, stakeholder participation and mainstreaming of rights-based approaches, conflict sensitivity and gender sensitivity is emphasised, substantiating the argument that drug policy is a case study of ‘institutional path dependence’. Drug policy has repeatedly missed targets for achievement of a ‘drug free world’. This is explained through reference to the counterproductive and ‘unintended consequences’ of a drug policy approach of criminalisation. The impacts of drug policy enforcement are shown to be negative, pernicious and disproportionately born by the poor, by vulnerable communities and those subject to discrimination on account of race, gender and class.

Item Type:	Book Section
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology > HV7231 Criminal Justice Administrations
Divisions:	Justice Studies (from Sep 19)
Publisher:	Emerald Publishing Limited
SWORD Depositor:	A Symplectic
Date Deposited:	27 Jan 2025 14:31
Last Modified:	27 Jan 2025 14:31
DOI or ID number:	10.1108/978-1-83982-882-920200003
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/25416

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