La figura de la penalización de la tenencia de drogas para consumo personal se encuentra en el centro del debate sobre la necesidad de reformar la Ley de Estupefacientes 23.737, debate que pone en ev ...

Two observers and scholars of the 2001 Portuguese drug policy reform consider divergent accounts of the reform which viewed it as a ‘resounding success’ or a ‘disastrous failure’. Acknowledging from ...

?In 2000, the Portuguese government responded to widespread public concern over drugs by rejecting a "war on drugs" approach and instead decriminalized drug possession and use. It further rebuffed co ...

This profile describes the national drug policy of Portugal, a policy that has attracted significant attention recently in the media and in policy debates. It considers national strategies and action ...

Este ensayo pretende hacer un balance de los resultados de la “Ley contra el narcomenudeo”, tras su entrada en vigor hace poco más de un año. Lo que se conoce como “Ley contra el narcomenudeo” es en ...

A wider trend for drug law reform is arising out of a felt need to make legislation more effective and more humane. Within this trend, a number of countries have considered decriminalisation or depen ...

The issue of decriminalizing illicit drugs is hotly debated, but is rarely subject to evidence-based analysis. This paper examines the case of Portugal, a nation that decriminalized the use and posse ...

This paper analyses scientific and grey literature that examines the consequences of drug law changes, and describes their approach and methodologies. A multi-part search strategy identified 36 prima ...

Polish law provides punishment for possession of narcotic drugs. It is a controversial issue whether punishing for possession of any amount of drugs is a right thing to do. Regardless of one’s opinio ...

Ante el crecimiento exponencial del crimen organizado, la violencia y el aumento alarmante del consumo de drogas durante los últimos años en México, el Presidente Felipe Calderón propuso una iniciati ...

On July 1, 2001, a nationwide law in Portugal took effect that decriminalized all drugs, including cocaine and heroin. Under the new legal framework, all drugs were “decriminalized,” not “legalized.” ...

Esta pesquisa realizada em processos criminais por tráfico de drogas, no Rio de Janeiro e em Brasília, demonstra que o sistema penal é seletivo, e os varejistas, que vendem pequenas quantidades de dr ...

This paper offers a critique of the UK Government’s decision to abandon its former plans to introduce thresholds into drugs legislation via section 2 of the Drugs Act 2005. This provision had been en ...

Este ensayo analiza los argumentos a favor y en contra de la despenalización del cannabis. El psiquiatra neerlandés Wim van den Brink, del Instituto de Amsterdam para la Investigación sobre Adiccione ...

Análisis sobre la importancia de la cantidad de drogas tóxicas, estupefacientes y sustancias psicotrópicas en los delitos contra la salud pública, para la aplicación de una condena acorde con el daño ...

The primary objective of this paper is to evaluate whether the drug conventions permit states to experiment with alternatives to the punitive prohibitionist policies that have typified the global app ...

This paper offers an overview of the current legal provisions on the use and possession of drugs for personal use in the EU Member States. In addition to documentary resources (the European Legal Dat ...