Abstract

Globally cannabis regulations are rapidly changing. In recent years social and political pressure, not science, has driven this change. Experience from jurisdictions that have implemented regulatory change, although relatively new, should be used to inform future policy development for other jurisdictions, assisting in addressing the wicked problem that cannabis regulations present. This review aimed to elicit underlying themes from a broad range of literature exploring the effects of regulatory change relating to cannabis. To achieve this a meta-narrative theoretical approach using inductive constant comparative analysis was used to synthesize data until thematic saturation was reached. Following a systematic literature search, 92 papers were analyzed before thematic saturation was complete. Five super-ordinate themes emerged that observed the societal and health effects following legislative and regulatory change: Normalization; Economics; Gatekeeping; Community and Health. These themes, empirically derived through a formal qualitative approach, were considered regarding cultural contexts, providing an understanding of how cannabis regulation is changing the social landscape. Consideration of the themes during future research may provide a focus point for the discussion of legislation and policy, not only relating to cannabis, but also other broad-ranging areas such as social policy, welfare, education and health.

摘要

全球大麻法规正在迅速变化。近年来，推动这一变化的是社会和政治压力，而不是科学。实施监管变革的司法管辖区的经验虽然相对较新，但应用于为其他司法管辖区的未来政策制定提供信息，帮助解决大麻法规存在的邪恶问题。这篇综述旨在从广泛的文献中引出潜在的主题，探索与大麻相关的监管变化的影响。为了实现这一点，使用归纳常数比较分析的元叙事理论方法来合成数据，直到达到主题饱和。在系统的文献检索之后，在主题饱和完成之前分析了 92 篇论文。出现了五个高级主题，观察了立法和监管变化后的社会和健康影响： 正常化；经济学; 把关；社区与健康。这些主题是通过正式的定性方法从经验上得出的，在文化背景下进行了考虑，提供了对大麻监管如何改变社会格局的理解。在未来的研究中考虑这些主题可能会为讨论立法和政策提供一个焦点，不仅与大麻有关，而且还与社会政策、福利、教育和健康等其他广泛领域有关。考虑了文化背景，提供了对大麻监管如何改变社会格局的理解。在未来的研究中考虑这些主题可能会为讨论立法和政策提供一个焦点，不仅与大麻有关，而且还与社会政策、福利、教育和健康等其他广泛领域有关。考虑了文化背景，提供了对大麻监管如何改变社会格局的理解。在未来的研究中考虑这些主题可能会为讨论立法和政策提供一个焦点，不仅与大麻有关，而且还与社会政策、福利、教育和健康等其他广泛领域有关。