Going after the Addiction, Not the Addicted: The Impact of Drug Decriminalization in Portugal. Félix, S., Portugal, P., & Tavares, A. S. July, 2017.
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This paper investigates the impact of drug decriminalization in Portugal using the Synthetic Control Method. The applied econometric methodology compares Portuguese drug-related variables with the ones extracted from a convex combination of similar European countries. The results suggest that a policy change implemented in Portugal contributed to a decrease in the number of heroine and cocaine seizures, a decrease in the number of offenses and drug-related deaths, and a decrease in the number of clients entering treatment. Moreover, the policy change contributed to a reduction in the incidence of drug addicts among HIV individuals.
@misc{felix_going_2017,
	address = {Rochester, NY},
	type = {{SSRN} {Scholarly} {Paper}},
	title = {Going after the {Addiction}, {Not} the {Addicted}: {The} {Impact} of {Drug} {Decriminalization} in {Portugal}},
	shorttitle = {Going after the {Addiction}, {Not} the {Addicted}},
	url = {https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=3010673},
	doi = {10.2139/ssrn.3010673},
	abstract = {This paper investigates the impact of drug decriminalization in Portugal using the Synthetic Control Method. The applied econometric methodology compares Portuguese drug-related variables with the ones extracted from a convex combination of similar European countries. The results suggest that a policy change implemented in Portugal contributed to a decrease in the number of heroine and cocaine seizures, a decrease in the number of offenses and drug-related deaths, and a decrease in the number of clients entering treatment. Moreover, the policy change contributed to a reduction in the incidence of drug addicts among HIV individuals.},
	language = {en},
	urldate = {2023-08-31},
	author = {Félix, Sónia and Portugal, Pedro and Tavares, Ana Sofia},
	month = jul,
	year = {2017},
}

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