Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug worldwide and individuals and some organizations actively promote decriminalization and/or legalization. There are even proposals that legalization of marijuana would help save economies on the verge of bankruptcy. However, legalization is no panacea to solve drug related problems.

Alcohol and tobacco are legal drugs. Did that solve alcohol problems or tobacco related problems? The answer is no.

There is no evidence that a more tolerant policy on drugs would alleviate the problems and/or reduce the number of drug addicts.

The EMCDDA (European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction) has published a cannabis reader in two volumes. The monograph is divided into two volumes. The first volume centres on political, legislative, commercial and social developments relating to cannabis. Its core audience thus comprises policymakers, sociologists, historians, journalists and those involved in enforcement. The second volume is targeted at drugs professionals working in the fields of treatment, prevention and healthcare.

Multilingual summaries of the monographs are available here.

Free downloads of the Cannabis Reader:
Volume 1
Volume 2
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