François-Xavier Dudouet

François-Xavier Dudouet is a researcher in sociology with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique at Paris Dauphine University. He worked for several years on international drug control and published several scientific texts, including Le grand deal de l’Opium. Histoire du marché legal des drogues (2009).


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Why Is Drug Use Forbidden?

If the 20th was the century of the prohibition of drugs, the 21st has every chance to be the century of their liberation. An increasing number of initiatives—state, national, and international—have legalized or are trying to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. Colorado and Washington have, already, authorized its sale in specialized stores, and Alaska, […]