2012-05-24T14:57:28Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/portugal.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1508.html Jan 1, 2002 Jan 1, 2002

<p>This report analyzes Portugal's recently changed national drug strategy, develops recommendations for its implementation, and offers analysis for evaluating its effects. Portugal's strategy seeks to decriminalize possession and consumption of all drugs for personal use, reduce drug harm and risks, and offer prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation. The authors examine the history of Portugal's drug problem over the past 75 years in light of the existing literature on drugs and drug abuse.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20020712.html Dec 31, 2001 Dec 31, 2001

<p>Drug use is an increasing problem in Portugal. In response, following the advice of a select committee, the Portuguese government has recently issued a number of laws implementing a strong harm-reductionistic orientation. The flagship of these laws is the decriminalization of the use and possession for use of drugs.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1031.html Jan 1, 1999 Jan 1, 1999

Regionalization in Portugal was a major issue in 1998, as the nation held a referendum on whether to establish administrative regions to assume many tasks presently performed by the central government.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rand_europe/RE98017z2.html Dec 31, 1997 Dec 31, 1997

Companion volume to main report A Seminar Game to Analyze Regional Governance Options for Portugal (RAND Europe Report RE 98.017.1)

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R4178.html Dec 31, 1991 Dec 31, 1991

Explores the changing strategic environment in southern Europe and the Mediterranean, its effects on the countries of NATO's Southern Region &mdash; Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Turkey &mdash; and the implications for U.S. policy and strategy.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N3433.html Dec 31, 1991 Dec 31, 1991

Explores issues and options related to the basing of U.S. and allied forces in NATO's Southern Region &mdash; Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Turkey - against the background of a changing strategic environment in Europe and around the Mediterranean.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N3269.html Dec 31, 1990 Dec 31, 1990

Summarizes discussions with senior government officials, military officers, parliamentarians, and academics in the five NATO Southern Region countries held in April and May of 1990; it concentrates on political-military issues.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P6842.html Dec 31, 1981 Dec 31, 1981

An extensive environmental study of the Tejo estuary indicated that one of the major sources of pollution in part of this estuary are the sewer discharges of Lisbon, Portugal. To assess the impact of alternative plans for pollution abatement, a mode...