The problems associated with the global drug trade are amongst the most challenging and intractable of all those facing … policy-makers. The global drug prohibition system is widely acknowledged as a costly and counterproductive failure, not only … crime. The need for new thinking has never been more evident. It is argued that current arguments for drug policy reform …

decline has tended to offset the effects of drug policies aimed at reducing drug use in major industrial countries. The main … margin (the difference between the retail and producer prices) in the drug business. We develop the hypothesis, and give some … some thoughts about the effects of globalization on the effectiveness of drug policies and argue that globalization may …