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Aug 10, 2026
This essay aims to reduce confusion about what decriminalization means and offer insights that will hopefully improve future policy debates.
Commentary
Jul 20, 2017
Californians have a lot to consider when it comes to decriminalizing possession. But now is the time for a rigorous discussion about removing criminal penalties for drug possession, rather than rushing to judgment in the heat of a future election season.
Jan 1, 2002
Implementation strategies for Portugal's new drug use policy
Drug use is an increasing problem in Portugal.
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.
Jan 1, 1998
Companion volume to main report A Seminar Game to Analyze Regional Governance Options for Portugal (RAND Europe Report RE 98.017.1)
Jan 1, 1992
Explores issues and options related to the basing of U.S. and allied forces in NATO's Southern Region — Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Turkey - against the background of a changing strategic environment in Europe and around the Mediterranean.
Explores the changing strategic environment in southern Europe and the Mediterranean, its effects on the countries of NATO's Southern Region — Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Turkey — and the implications for U.S. policy and strategy.
Jan 1, 1991
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.
Expert Insights
Jan 1, 1982
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...