Recent scholarship has emphasized the need to develop a polymorphic conceptualization of the regulatory state. This article contributes to this theory-building project by outlining a research agenda for exploring the symbiotic interactions and tensions between the regulatory and carceral morphs of the state. Using the case study of cannabis legalization reforms in the United States, we argue that the legitimation deficits of the carceral state stimulate the proliferation of new regulatory frameworks for governing social problems that were traditionally handled by the criminal justice system. We demonstrate how the polymorphic approach illuminates the ways in which the regulatory and carceral morphs of the state compete for influence over shared policy domains, but also complement and reinforce one another. Thus, rather than precipitating the demise of the carceral state, cannabis legalization reforms sustain a bifurcated governance structure perpetuating long-standing patterns of using drug law as a means for racialized social control.

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监管国家的共生紧张局势：大麻合法化的案例

最近的学术研究强调需要对监管状态进行多态性概念化。本文概述了一项研究议程，用于探索国家的监管和癌症形态之间的共生相互作用和紧张关系，从而为这一理论建设项目做出贡献。使用美国大麻合法化改革的案例研究，我们认为，监狱国家的合法性缺陷刺激了新的监管框架的扩散，以管理传统上由刑事司法系统处理的社会问题。我们展示了多态方法如何阐明国家的监管和监管形态如何竞争对共享政策领域的影响，但也相互补充和加强。因此，