caa a22 4500 445294477 CHVBK 20180317142537.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20100301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12117-009-9087-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12117-009-9087-8 Narcophobia: drugs prohibition and the generation of human rights abuses [Elektronische Daten] [Fernanda Mena, Dick Hobbs] This paper is concerned with the negative aspects of global drugs prohibition. The paper argues that prohibition, which is driven by moralism rather than empirical research, creates a black market that is regulated by violent entrepreneurs, and particular in developing countries where there is a lack of economic opportunities for the poor, offers the only feasible employment options. The paper suggests that the results of experimental legislation should be taken seriously. The militarisation of prohibition enforcement has hindered the advancement of democracy and led to violence and increases in human rights abuses. In conclusion it is argued that the current system of global prohibition creates more problems than it solves, and that issues of drug production and trade need to be dealt with by regulation from within a development perspective. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2009 Mena Fernanda Centre for Human Rights, Department of Sociology, London School of Economics, London, UK aut Hobbs Dick Department of Sociology, London School of Economics, London, UK aut Trends in Organized Crime Springer-Verlag 13/1(2010-03-01), 60-74 1084-4791 13:1<60 2010 13 12117 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12117-009-9087-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12117-009-9087-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mena Fernanda Centre for Human Rights, Department of Sociology, London School of Economics, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hobbs Dick Department of Sociology, London School of Economics, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Trends in Organized Crime Springer-Verlag 13/1(2010-03-01), 60-74 1084-4791 13:1<60 2010 13 12117 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer