The Politics of Evaluating Cannabis Regulation in Uruguay

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ID3084840
AuthorsM Fiore (0000-0002-1298-3943, Centro Brasileiro de Analise e Planejamento, corresponding author), P Pereira (0000-0002-8334-9448, Versus Arthritis)
Year2021
Volume40
Issue1
Pages103-124
Publication date2021-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNovos Estudos - CEBRAP (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0101-3300 • E-ISSN: 1980-5403
PublisherNovos Estudos - CEBRAP (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.25091/s01013300202100010005
OpenAlexW3184757435
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited7

Evaluation of the impacts of recent cannabis regulation policies includes important political dimensions and should not be reduced either to binary verdicts of success versus failure, or to a unidimensional assessment criteria. Based on the Uruguayan case, the article discusses the complexity of evaluating the results of cannabis regulation, assessing, among other aspects, the political dynamics surrounding implementation. In the case presented, the predominance of concerns about crime and public security was a decisive factor

Cannabis · Criminology · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Psychiatry · Public economics · Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Law · Psychology · Youth, Drugs, and Violence

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