Drug decriminalization and the price of illicit drugs
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Drug decriminalization and the price of illicit drugs.
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 th...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Drug Policy
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0955-3959
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.10.014