Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2017

Journal

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volume

59

Issue

5

Inclusive Pages

592-600

DOI

10.21149/8503

Abstract

When discussing the public health approach to the use of marijuana, the complexity of rigorous regulatory interventions for population protection is omitted. Using the experience of governments where these practices already exist, regulation is introduced as an essential public health function, spelling out seven purposes for controlling marijuana. The technical elements of institutional capacity -including the technical and financial capacity- and of governance that must be covered by any rigorous regulation of its use are detailed below. The difficulty of regulating psychoactive substances is addressed when considering the capacity to control other legal substances manifested with their increased consumption. It is concluded that for an effective regulation of marijuana, the need for strengthening the institutional and governance aspects of the regulatory authority should not be minimized.

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Reproduced with permission of Salud Pública de México Ltd.

Regulatory elements on marijuana, for consideration for effective protection of the health of the population

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