To legalize or not to legalize? Economic approaches to the decriminalization of drugs

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 555-565

  Bretteville Jensen, Anne ^a,b,c  

^a SIRUS   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Consumption; Decriminalization; Gateway theory; Harm reduction; Legalization; Participation elasticity; Price elasticity

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

AUTOMUTILATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRIME; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINOLOGY; DEATH; DRUG COST; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG USE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROTECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THEORY;

CIVIL RIGHTS; COMMERCE; CRIME; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33644846752     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080500521565     Document Type: Review

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