The Cannabis Social Club

As cannabis legalization reforms are underway, there is some concern that non-profit, middle ground options may remain under-researched and thus less visible. This book offers an in-depth account of one of the possible middle ground models for the supply of cannabis: the Cannabis Social Club.

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Mafalda Pardal (PhD) is a Senior Analyst at RAND Europe, and serves as European Lead at the RAND Drug Policy Research Center. During the time this book was prepared Dr. Pardal was Research Fellow and Assistant Professor in Criminology at Ghent University. Her research interests include the study of illicit markets and drug policy.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. 30 years* of Cannabis Social Clubs: looking back and looking ahead

Part I

Chapter 2. Cannabis Social Clubs in Europe: a transnational social movement network in the making?

Chapter 3. A friendly match? The relationship between Cannabis Social Clubs and regulators in Uruguay.

Chapter 4. What are the barriers and prospects for establishing Cannabis Social Clubs in New Zealand?

Chapter 5. The Social Club what's in a name?

Chapter 6. Legal or not: a comparative analysis of Belgian and Uruguayan CSC members' profile and policy preferences.

Part II

Chapter 7. Bringing Foucault to Cannabis Social Clubs (through the notion of counter-conduct).

Chapter 8. CSC + 2: can the Cannabis Social Club model be a buffer against market distortions?

Chapter 9. Cannabis legalization in Washington: policy evolution and emerging evidence from the first nine years.

Chapter 10. From compassion to commercial: what got left behind in the transition to legal cannabis in Canada.

Chapter 11. Drug social clubs the next 'social club' generation?