Knowra Drug liberalization Drug liberalization Drug liberalization is a policy approach that relaxes legal restrictions on controlled drugs, including restrictions on possession, use, production, or sale.
Drug decriminalization : A policy that removes criminal penalties for specified drug-related conduct while leaving the conduct legally prohibited. It reduces punishment without necessarily legalizing possession, production, or sale.
Cannabis legalization : The removal of legal prohibitions on cannabis, usually alongside rules governing possession, cultivation, and sale. It is a prominent example of liberalizing a specific controlled drug.
Mass incarceration : The large-scale use of imprisonment as a response to crime, especially in the United States. Drug-law enforcement has contributed to imprisonment and its unequal social costs.
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs : A 1961 United Nations treaty that establishes an international system for controlling narcotic drugs. Its treaty obligations constrain how states can redesign drug laws.
Portugal drug decriminalization : Portugal’s 2001 reform that made personal possession of small quantities of drugs an administrative rather than criminal offense. Its outcomes are often cited, but its design differs from full legalization.
Drug legalization : A policy that makes specified drug-related conduct lawful, often subject to regulation. It goes beyond relaxing penalties by permitting conduct that prohibition makes illegal.
Safe injection site : A supervised facility where people consume drugs they have obtained, with sterile equipment and health support available. It reduces risks of use without necessarily changing the laws governing supply.
Black market : Trade in goods or services that is illegal or concealed from government regulation. Restrictions can sustain illicit drug markets; liberalization may alter their size and structure.
War on Drugs : A set of domestic and international campaigns that intensified drug prohibition and enforcement, especially from the late twentieth century. Liberalization movements developed partly in response to punitive enforcement policies.
Drug policy evaluation : The systematic assessment of drug laws and interventions using evidence about health, crime, markets, and social outcomes. Reliable evaluation is needed to distinguish policy effects from broader trends.
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