The “Drug Policy Ratchet”: Why Do Sanctions for New Psychoactive Drugs Typically Only Go Up?

This paper aims to show “that the drug policy ratchet cannot be justified as an example of the precautionary principle in action, as this principle is itself not rationally justified. We conclude that recognition of the drug policy ratchet and its mechanisms may help researchers and policy-makers to improve regulation of NPS.”

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Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24400910/