Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7512151 | International Journal of Drug Policy | 2018 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Rather than develop techniques of deception they were organising to effect a change in legislation. Rejecting the image of criminal perpetrators, they presented themselves as victims of unjust government policy, an indifferent medical establishment, and brutal and immoral criminal markets. Through cultivation, association, self-healing and apomedication, they have found voice and are shifting the debate over the status of growers and of cannabis itself. The ambiguity of their position as both producers and patients challenges the assumptions underlying legal distinctions between suppliers and users, with potentially profound implications for policy.
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Authors
Axel Klein, Gary R. Potter,