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THE POLITICS OF EVALUATING CANNABIS REGULATION IN URUGUAY
Document Type
article
Source
Novos estudos CEBRAP. April 2021 40(1)
Subject
Uruguay
Cannabis Regulation
Policy Evaluation
Public Security
Crime
Language
English
ISSN
0101-3300
Abstract
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.