Resumen de Crime and the depenalization of cannabis possession: : evidence from a policing experiment

Jérôme Adda, Brendon McConnell, Imran Rasul

• In nearly every country the market for illicit drugs remains pervasive, despite long-running attempts to restrict such activities. Around the globe various policy approaches have been tried, ranging from punitive approaches as manifested in the US �war on drugs� to more liberal law enforcement strategies, such as those in Holland or Portugal, that lead to the decriminalization or depenalization of the possession of some forms of illicit drug, most notably cannabis.