This report presents the findings from a study funded by the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health to identify and analyse alternatives to profit-maximising commercial models of cannabis supply for non-medical use. This report provides a detailed overview of the regulatory frameworks which have introduced such models and considers the available evidence on the consequences of their implementation.

Alternatives to profit-maximising commercial models of cannabis supply for non-medical use

Mafalda Pardal, Beau Kilmer, Sara d'Auria, Tamara Strabel, Silvia Galimberti, Stijn Hoorens, Tom Decorte, Ben Senator

ResearchPublished Nov 1, 2023

This report presents the findings from a study funded by the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health to identify and analyse alternatives to profit-maximising commercial models of cannabis supply for non-medical use. This report provides a detailed overview of the regulatory frameworks which have introduced such models and considers the available evidence on the consequences of their implementation.

Key Findings

  • There are important differences in how models for home cultivation and cannabis social clubs have been regulated and implemented throughout the world.
  • Parts of Canada and Uruguay demonstrate that it is possible to implement versions of government sales.
  • In jurisdictions which offer multiple supply models, there is very little research attempting to isolate the effects of the different models.
  • Rigorous outcome evaluations of alternative models to profit-maximising commercialisation of cannabis for non-medical purposes are rare but increasing.
  • There are other non-profit models that have not yet been implemented.

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Pardal, Mafalda, Beau Kilmer, Sara d'Auria, Tamara Strabel, Silvia Galimberti, Stijn Hoorens, Tom Decorte, and Ben Senator, Alternatives to profit-maximising commercial models of cannabis supply for non-medical use, RAND Corporation, RR-A2190-1, 2023. As of October 11, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA2190-1.html
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Pardal, Mafalda, Beau Kilmer, Sara d'Auria, Tamara Strabel, Silvia Galimberti, Stijn Hoorens, Tom Decorte, and Ben Senator, Alternatives to profit-maximising commercial models of cannabis supply for non-medical use. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2023. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA2190-1.html.
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