Ever since Portugal enacted drug decriminalization in 2001, reformers have argued that North America should follow suit. The Portuguese saw precipitous declines in overdoses and blood-borne infections ...

When Portugal decriminalized all illegal drugs in 2000, officials hoped to reduce addiction rates and drug-related violence. Today, more users are... Mixed Results For Portugal's Great Drug Experiment ...

“The nonlinear nature of the impacts of these liberalization reforms lies in the complex interplay of regional drug market dynamics and other relevant contextual forces outside the legal domain such ...