...-disciplinary field of regulation studies. Findings The Act has its roots in radical counter-cultural reform activism in the 1960s. Its innovative legal structure has enabled a diverse range of policy approaches to be possible over the last 50 years. Future drug law reform efforts need to broaden out from...

... purpose” (Col. 1557). Review Legislation Regulation Control Controlled substances Evidence-based The Misuse of Drugs Act (1971) received Royal Assent on 25 May 1971. In total, 50 years on, the occasion is marked by continued criticism and calls for reform, not celebration or ceremony...

...Kavota Mwendiwva Precieuse; Vikas Kumar; Sheenam Suri; Yogesh Gat; Ashwani Kumar Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the history, classification, regulation, the current market and consumer trends and health effects of alcopops. Design/methodology/approach The articles reviewed...

... to clients. Practical implications It is important that UK regulation remains light handed to avoid pushing the industry off shore. Originality/value The paper provides new data on the working environment in camming studios and positive aspects of job security and the equitable distribution...

...Phil Hubbard; Teela Sanders; Jane Scoular Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the contemporary regulation of sex work in England and Wales, placing this in the context of debates concerning morality, evidence and the efficacy of policy. Design/methodology/approach This brief paper...

...Sanho Tree This article describes Proposition 19, a referendum that would have allowed the regulation and taxation of cannabis in California if it had gone ahead, and the debates surrounding the legalisation of the drug. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Proposition 19 Cannabis...

... they are regulated. It follows that if we wish to contest prohibition, we will also need to contest, and perhaps eventually abandon, the idea of ‘drugs’. Some of the complexities in developing alternative terminology and concepts are briefly discussed. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Drugs...

...Steve Rolles While the consensus behind the prohibitionist paradigm of drug control is crumbling in the face of its long term failure, the debate on alternative approaches has stalled in the absence of clearly defined models of regulated drug markets. Such models have now been proposed for a range...