IDPSO
IDPSO is one of the four funded projects in the second transnational call of ERANID 'Society and Responses to drug use'.
Summary
Illicit drug policies and social outcomes: a cross-country analysis
This study aims to measure the impact that different drug-related legal frameworks have on society. Different countries have different views on what should be illicit concerning drugs and, therefore, enact their own drug laws and policy. Drug production, distribution and use in each country depends on societal characteristics (demographic, cultural, economic), but also, to some extent, on that country’s drug policy. Our proposal is to study the relationship between countries’ drug laws and policies and key social indicators, by implementing, first, a state-of-theart comparative law technique that allows cross-country comparisons of drug laws and, second, complementing it with stakeholders’ perceptions of each country’s drug law, with a particular focus on cannabis. In establishing a relationship between laws and key social indicators, we aim to contribute significantly to the ongoing discussion of drug laws and policies.
Presentation
The three funded projects in the second ERANID call for proposals were presented during the wrap-up meeting on March 2nd, 2017 in Brussels.
Researchers and research institutions
| Position | Name | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| PI | Ricardo Goncalves | Catolica Porto Business School, Carholic University of Portugal | Portugal |
| Co-PI 1 | Pierre Kopp | Paris School of Economics, Sorbonne University | France |
| Co-PI 2 | Carla Rossi | Consortium for the development of methodologies and innovations in public health | Italy |
| Co-PI 3 | Dirk Korf | Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam | The Netherlands |
