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Article dans une revue International journal on criminology Année : 2023

International Drug Policy: Between Myths and Reality

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For a long time, international drug policy was seen as a policy of prohibition whose sole aim was to eradicate drug addiction. The so-called opioid crisis that has hit the United States over the last twenty years has reminded the public opinion that drug addiction can come from completely legal channels and that what is prohibited in the field of drugs are not the substances themself but the ways in which they are produced, commercialized, and consumed. This article reviews the history of international drug policy and attempts to discern what is reality and what is a myth. It shows that drugs have never been banned at an international level, but rather controlled to ensure that medical needs are met. Moreover, although the United States played a major role in the international drug policy after the Second World War, they were not its instigators. The credit goes mainly to the Europeans who invested in the League of Nations during the interwar period.
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halshs-04388023, version 1 (11-01-2024)

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François-Xavier Dudouet. International Drug Policy: Between Myths and Reality. International journal on criminology , 2023, 10 (1), pp.97-106. ⟨10.18278/ijc.10.2.10⟩. ⟨halshs-04388023⟩
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