title: Cannabis legalization with strict regulation, the overall superior policy option for public health.
abstract: Cannabis is the most prevalently used drug globally, with many jurisdictions considering varying reform options to current policies to deal with this substance and associated harm. Three policy options are available: prohibition, decriminalization, and legalization, with prohibition currently the dominant model globally. This contribution gives reasons why legalization with strict regulation should be considered superior to other options with respect to public health in high income countries in North America.
authors: Social & Epidemiological Research Department, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Addiction Policy, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy & Center of Clinical Epidemiology and Longitudinal Studies (CELOS), Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
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authors: Social & Epidemiological Research Department, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addiction, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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authors: Fischer
mesh_terms: D002188:Cannabis; D006801:Humans; D007880:Legislation, Drug; D008385:Marijuana Smoking / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011634:Public Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011640:Public Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*