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  • Criminology
  • Public Health Policy
  • Comparative Law

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  • Limited quantitative tools exist for comparing drug policies across jurisdictions.
  • Drug policies have significant impacts on public health and criminal justice outcomes.
  • Assessing the evolution of drug laws requires systematic, data-driven methods.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce the Illicit Drugs Policy Indexes (IDPI) for standardized drug policy evaluation.
  • To quantitatively assess the evolution of drug policies over time and across countries.
  • To provide a framework for evidence-based drug policy reform.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized leximetrics, a state-of-the-art comparative law method.
  • Constructed the Illicit Drugs Policy Indexes (IDPI) covering consumption, possession, and traffic laws.
  • Analyzed drug policies in Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, and the UK from 1996-2016.

Main Results:

  • Identified significant turning points in drug legislation evolution.
  • Observed a general shift towards less criminal justice-oriented drug policies.
  • Highlighted specific countries demonstrating greater progression in policy reform.

Conclusions:

  • The IDPI offers a standardized framework for evaluating and reforming drug policies.
  • The methodology is adaptable across diverse jurisdictions for evidence-based policymaking.
  • Comparative analysis reveals trends in drug law reform globally.