Swiss cannabis policies

Anderfuhren-Biget, Simon; Zobel, Frank; Heeb, Cédric; Savary, Jean-Félix

doi:10.4324/9780429427794-19

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“…Other regulatory management strategies include age restrictions on sales, regulating the price of cannabis, implementing taxes to discourage heavy use, deterring cannabis users from driving while impaired through heavy fines and restricting promotional activities (Gartner & Hall, 2020; Hall et al, 2020). Some other potentially effective regulatory measures include licensing or issuing permits for cultivation and retail (Gartner & Hall, 2020), certifying producers (Korf, 2020), limiting the number and location of outlets (Hall et al, 2020), restricting the amount and type of products allowed for possession and cultivation for non‐commercial use (Fischer et al, 2020) and limiting the use of cannabis in public spaces (Anderfuhren‐Biget et al, 2020).…”

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Recreational cannabis policy reform—What mental health nurses need to know about minimising harm and contributing to the reform debate

Murta,

Easpaig,

Hazell‐Raine

et al. 2023

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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The recently rapidly evolving legal status of recreational cannabis in various countries has triggered international debate, particularly around measures required to minimise resulting harms. The present article argues that mental health nurses should have a key role in promoting safe and appropriate use of recreational cannabis, and minimising harm based on the extant evidence. The article summarises the factors driving legalisation, outlines the evident medicinal benefits of cannabis, and appraises the evidence on the negative mental health impacts associated with use. We go on to discuss research findings on the potentially deleterious mental health effects resulting from legalising recreational cannabis and strategies to minimise these harms, including directions for future research and evaluation. Further, we consider the importance of the implementation of harm minimisation measures that are context‐specific, using Thailand as an example. Finally, we present the key health promotion messages that mental health nurses should aim to convey to people who use or consider using recreational cannabis. Ultimately, we aim to provide a summary of the existing evidence that mental health nurses can draw upon to promote mental health and engage with the policy reform debate.

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