British cannabis policy: an enduring and uneasy compromise
2 de maio de 20131min6
Histories of drug use are often disguised forms of policy advocacy. Their authors use history to subvert current policies by arguing for a return to an earlier golden age when use of the drug in question was legal and seemingly trouble-free. These accounts often fail minimum standards of historical scholarship by making selective and uncritical use of secondary sources to support a preconceived policy position.