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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY
卷 39, 期 -, 页码 121-129出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.10.014
关键词
Illicit drugs; Drug decriminalization policy; Drug prices; Treatment effects
资金
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia
Background: This study is an empirical assessment of the impact of the drug decriminalization policy followed by Portugal in July 2001, on the price of illicit drugs. Methods: The analysis is performed using a difference-in-differences approach and the Synthetic Control Method in order to construct a synthetic control unit from a convex combination of countries. Results: The results suggest that the prices of opiates and cocaine in the post-treatment period did not decrease in the sequence of the policy change. Conclusion: We conclude that the drug decriminalization policy seems to have caused no harm through lower illicit drugs prices, which would lead to higher drug usage and dependence. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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