Legalize or Prohibit<i>It</i>? Quebec’s Exceptionalism on Cannabis Regulation and the Framing of Evidence in Policymaking

Lévesque, Gabriel; Benoit, Maude

doi:10.1080/02722011.2020.1811588

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“…The frequent use of illicit market/revenue (PLQ = 27.8%, QS = 27.8%, PQ = 50%) and laissez-faire/liberalism (PLQ = 18.4%, QS = 23.5%, PQ = 12.5%) frames appears to be a strategic attempt by opposition parties to contrast with frames used by the CAQ. This is all the more evident in the case of the PLQ insofar as (1) the initial legislation it had formulated (proposed bill 157 in 2017) was actually not very permissive but rather oriented toward public health, and (2) it also limited individual freedoms by prohibiting cultivation for personal use in the name of public safety (Lévesque & Benoit, 2020). The initial policy thus suggests that the PLQ might actually be more prone to using the prevention/risk management frame.…”

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From right or wrong to true or false: Moral and epistemic framing in debates over cannabis policy reformulation

Lévesque

2022

Politics & Policy

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Cannabis legalization is often referred to as a moral issue.However, given the limits of morality policy as a distinct policy subcategory and the contemporary dominance of technocratic politics, one could wonder if it is really framed as such within political institutions. In this article, I ask how moral frames compete and interact with other frames in debates over morality policy. Working with a moral/epistemic dichotomy, I conduct framing analysis on parliamentary debates in Quebec, Ontario, and Maine, which have recently reformulated their cannabis policy. Although trends in framing vary across cases, moral frames are consistently less salient than epistemic frames. Furthermore, a pattern of complementary framing is found, whereby actors combine moral and epistemic frames. Overall, this study shows that cannabis policy is often framed as nonmoral, and that its moral component is nonexclusive. I conclude by discussing some implications of these findings in the post-legalization landscape.

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From right or wrong to true or false: Moral and epistemic framing in debates over cannabis policy reformulation

Lévesque

2022

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Beyond struggle: A strengths-based qualitative study of cannabis use among queer and trans youth in Québec

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Making sense ofpot: conceptual tools for analyzing legal cannabis policy discourse

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2022

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Legalize or ProhibitIt? Quebec’s Exceptionalism on Cannabis Regulation and the Framing of Evidence in Policymaking

Cited by 5 publications

References 34 publications

From right or wrong to true or false: Moral and epistemic framing in debates over cannabis policy reformulation

From right or wrong to true or false: Moral and epistemic framing in debates over cannabis policy reformulation

Beyond struggle: A strengths-based qualitative study of cannabis use among queer and trans youth in Québec

Making sense ofpot: conceptual tools for analyzing legal cannabis policy discourse

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