2020
DOI: 10.1177/1866802x20937415
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“Someone has to be the First”: Tracing Uruguay’s Marijuana Legalisation Through Counterfactuals

Abstract: Why did Uruguay become the first country in the world to legalise marijuana in 2013? Based on extensive original research and unprecedented review of secondary sources, the article assesses alternative explanatory accounts through a unique combination of process tracing and counterfactual analysis. By tracing cannabis reform in Uruguay both as it was and was not but could have been in the absence of hypothesised explanatory factors, the article assesses the role of these factors in the causal story. Specifical… Show more

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“…The Uruguayan marijuana legalization process was considered a milestone in drug policy reform worldwide (Room, 2014). Uruguay and some Latin American countries have moved toward decriminalizing marijuana use under the expectation that less restrictive policies would reduce the incentives of criminal organizations to control drug markets and generate violence (Nieto & Morini, 2014; von Hoffmann, 2020). Although the initial reform had very little support from the Uruguayan public, the government argued that the law would help fight and deactivate drug trafficking organizations that profited from local marijuana distribution (Cruz, Boidi, & Queirolo, 2018; Draper & Muller, 2017).…”
Section: Implications Of Marijuana Legalization For Accessmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The Uruguayan marijuana legalization process was considered a milestone in drug policy reform worldwide (Room, 2014). Uruguay and some Latin American countries have moved toward decriminalizing marijuana use under the expectation that less restrictive policies would reduce the incentives of criminal organizations to control drug markets and generate violence (Nieto & Morini, 2014; von Hoffmann, 2020). Although the initial reform had very little support from the Uruguayan public, the government argued that the law would help fight and deactivate drug trafficking organizations that profited from local marijuana distribution (Cruz, Boidi, & Queirolo, 2018; Draper & Muller, 2017).…”
Section: Implications Of Marijuana Legalization For Accessmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Contudo, o debate não se limitou de forma alguma apenas a atores no âmbito do Estado. No nível internacional, redes e grupos de ativistas em defesa da legalização da cannabis também ofereciam aos ativistas uruguaios uma plataforma para troca de informações (HOFFMANN, 2016). No ano de 2005 foi realizado pela primeira vez, a partir do exemplo do Global Marijuana Marches 7 , um Smoke-In em Montevidéu no qual cerca de 300 participantes exigiriam a liberação da cannabis e o fim da estigmatização de seus consumidores.…”
Section: O Caminho Até a Legalização Da Cannabis No Uruguaiunclassified
“…Eles não defendiam, portanto, um novo paradigma para a política de drogas, mas sim, um re-framing no âmbito do discurso já existente, no qual a diferença entre drogas ilegais (aditivas e prejudiciais à saúde) e drogas legais como tabaco e álcool (em princípio menos prejudiciais à saúde) já estava estabelecida há muito tempo 8 . Eles se referiam à contradição em permitir o consumo e, ao mesmo tempo, por outro lado, proibir a produção e a comercialização da cannabis (HOFFMANN, 2020).…”
Section: O Caminho Até a Legalização Da Cannabis No Uruguaiunclassified
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