%0 Journal Article
%T Drug Policy and the Ultima Ratio in A Social and Democratic State, Spain
%A Xabier Arana
%A Alison Hogg
%J Oˋati Socio-Legal Series
%D 2013
%I 
%X As a Member State of the UN and the EU, Spain's drug policy is heavily conditioned by these external superior ＆legal personalities＊. Although, the Spanish legislature has enacted amendments to legislation on illicit substances over the last ten years to attenuate excessively punitive law, their interpretation and internal application of conventions on drug legislation has by in large overlooked the ultima ratio principle i.e. minimum intervention (Arana 2012). Spain＊s criminal legislation is presented as well as the consequences of the prohibition of illicit substances in this jurisdiction. Finally, alternatives that have emerged in the Basque Autonomous Community to counter the effects of its criminalisation are briefly discussed and promoted as a means of abating external legal constraints that have serious social and legal ramifications. Como miembro de ONU y UE, la pol赤tica de drogas espa ola est芍 fuertemente condicionada por la legislaci車n emanada de estas entidades jur赤dicas. A pesar de eso, los legisladores espa oles han introducido reformas en la legislaci車n sobre sustancias il赤citas en los 迆ltimos diez a os para atenuar una legislaci車n excesivamente punitiva, su interpretaci車n y aplicaci車n interna de convenios sobre legislaci車n en materia de drogas en gran parte no toma en cuenta el principio del ultimo ratio (Arana 2012). Se presenta la legislaci車n penal espa ola en materia de sustancias il赤citas y tambi谷n los efectos que 谷sta tiene sobre la jurisdicci車n. Finalmente, las alternativas surgidas en la Comunidad Aut車noma Vasca para contrarrestar los efectos de la criminalizaci車n, son brevemente discutidas y promovidas como una manera para amainar las limitaciones jur赤dicas que tienen importantes y serias ramificaciones sociales y legales. DOWNLOAD THIS PAPER FROM SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2200886
%K Drugs
%K Ultima Ratio
%K Illicit substances
%K criminalisation
%K international conventions
%K constitutional guarantees
%K democracy
%K drug offences
%K Sustancias il赤citas
%K criminalizaci車n
%K convenciones internacionales
%K garant赤as constitucionales
%K delitos por drogas
%U http://ssrn.com/abstract=2200886