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Institutional Collective Action on Drugs: Functional and Vertical Dilemmas of Unused Pharmaceuticals

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  • Monica Hubbard
  • Luke Fowler

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The authors use the Institutional Collective Action Framework to analyze the barriers, opposition, and opportunities for residential pharmaceutical disposal programs in the United States via a case study on a series of take‐back programs pioneered in the state of Washington by local and state governments, as well as the corresponding backlash from federal agencies. While successful in some ways, these innovative solutions directly challenged the competing federal policy regimes controlled by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), and, to a lesser extent, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Findings from case studies suggest that functional dilemmas created by existing institutions with entrenched regulatory regimes are a key challenge to finding efficient solutions to vertical ICA dilemmas. Conclusions, then, connect to the broader ICA research agenda, and implications for multi‐level governance issues. Los autores utilizan el Marco de acción colectiva institucional para analizar las barreras, la oposición y las oportunidades para los programas de eliminación de medicamentos residenciales en los Estados Unidos a través de un estudio de caso sobre una serie de programas de devolución iniciados en el estado de Washington por los gobiernos locales y estatales. así como la correspondiente reacción de las agencias federales. Si bien tuvieron éxito en algunos aspectos, estas soluciones innovadoras desafiaron directamente los regímenes de políticas federales en competencia controlados por la Agencia de Control de Drogas (DEA) y, en menor medida, la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA). Los hallazgos de los estudios de caso sugieren que los dilemas funcionales creados por las instituciones existentes con regímenes regulatorios arraigados son un desafío clave para encontrar soluciones eficientes a los dilemas verticales de la ACI. Las conclusiones, entonces, se conectan con la agenda de investigación más amplia de la ACI y las implicaciones para los problemas de gobernanza multinivel. 作者使用制度性集体行动(ICA)框架分析了一项案例研究中美国的居民药品处理计划所遭遇的阻碍、反对和机遇。该案例描述了华盛顿州由地方政府和州政府发起的一系列回收计划,以及受到的联邦机构反对。尽管在某些方面取得了成功,但这些创新解决方案直接挑战了由美国缉毒局(DEA)控制的联邦政策制度,并且对美国环保署(EPA)造成了相对较小的挑战。案例研究得出的发现暗示,监管规则稳固的现有机构所创造的功能性困境(functional dilemmas),是“发现应对纵向ICA困境的有效解决方案”一事的关键挑战。本文的结论与更广范围的ICA研究议程相联系,并对多层治理问题具有意义。

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  • Monica Hubbard & Luke Fowler, 2021. "Institutional Collective Action on Drugs: Functional and Vertical Dilemmas of Unused Pharmaceuticals," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 38(1), pages 76-96, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:38:y:2021:i:1:p:76-96
    DOI: 10.1111/ropr.12406
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