Readings providing international/comparative perspectives on drug laws (especially marijuana)
Especially because I tend to be pretty under-informed about to international/comparative drug laws, I am very excited that the student-selected topic for discussion this week in my Marijuana Law, Policy and Reform seminar is the global regime regarding marijuana and its impact on legalization efforts in the US. Here are the readings assembled by the students as background:
I. International Law
International Regulation of Drugs
- Controlled Substances casebook, pp. 801-804 (International Framework);
- pp. 813-820 (Impact of United State Policy on Mexico);
- pp. 836-845 (International Control of Illegal Drugs, “Preventing or Causing Human Rights Violations”);
- pp. 916-921 (US using trade policy to enforce drug laws under the 1986 Narcotics Act)
UN and the power to stop legalization of Marijuana
- UN Response to Washington and Colorado
- Analysis of UN’s Power here and here
II. Comparative Law
- Dutch cannabis coffeeshop system (Controlled Substances casebook, pp.922-930)
- Sweden’s drug policy experience (Controlled Substances casebook pp. 946-955)
- North Korea’s tolerance of marijuana
Further Comparative law reading:
1 . WHO report on correlation of drug laws and drug abuse
2. North Korea and a marijuana legalization regime
3. North Korea’s meth addiction: Grau, Cutting off the Building Blocks to Methamphetamine Production, 30 Hous. J. Int’l L. 157 (2007);