Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to re-appraise the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 in order to develop alternative and new ideas for drug law reform.
Design/methodology/approach
The approach is to analyse the Act from historical and socio-legal perspectives, drawing on the inter-disciplinary field of regulation studies.
Findings
The Act has its roots in radical counter-cultural reform activism in the 1960s. Its innovative legal structure has enabled a diverse range of policy approaches to be possible over the last 50 years. Future drug law reform efforts need to broaden out from a narrow focus on law and also to engage more seriously with the politics of drug law and policy.
Originality/value
Drawing on the inter-disciplinary field of regulation studies leads to novel insights about the politics and practice of drug law reform.
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health,Clinical Psychology,Medicine (miscellaneous)
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