Implications pratiques des alternatives policières à l’arrestation et à la poursuite des délits mineurs de cannabis

Le rapport offre une vie d’ensemble concernant les difficultés auxquelles pourraient être confrontés les services de police chargés de mettre en œuvre les réformes législatives sur le cannabis. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

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Modernising drug law enforcement - Report 4

The purpose of this report is not to present a comparative study of legal rules and policies pertaining to cannabis in these or other countries, but to examine an issue largely neglected in the academic literature and by those advocating drug policy reform: namely the practical implications of policing and enforcing these developments.

The report provides an overview of some of the many difficulties that may – and do – confront police services when tasked to implement such measures (including the exercise of discretion) through examination of the rules and experiences of four jurisdictions, namely, Australia, England and Wales, Portugal and Switzerland. Along with some examples from the USA, specific aspects of each case study are scrutinised with the intention of highlighting points likely to be of interest to policy makers and practitioners alike.

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