Portugal Drug Decriminalization
The cluster centers on debates about the outcomes of Portugal's 2001 policy decriminalizing all drugs, including its reported successes in reducing addiction and usage versus recent criticisms of rising issues like heroin and crack problems.
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rationale: check out the result of Portugal decriminalizing all drugs in 2001: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/dec/05/portugals-radic...
Sure. Start here and follow the sources. Portugal's results from their drug law shift in particular are strong evidence.(the first bit of the linked article is, well, clearly written for the huff post. But the meat of it well worth the read)https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6506936
no. legalisation or at least decriminalisation can lead to less use, as was the case in portugal for instance.
Wonder no more:http://www.businessinsider.com/portugal-drug-policy-decrimin...
It's just that drugs are illegal there. Why not ask portugal about how their drug use is faring after decriminalization?
Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now having doubtshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/07/portugal-dru...discussed at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36638752
Possible, the only way to find out is to tinker. Other experiments in decriminalization-plus-harm-reduction have usually shown net benefits. See for example Portugal:http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/evaluating-drug-d...Usage goes up a bit, but more addicts enter treatment, drug-related disease and crime drops,
Just take a look at portugal: https://time.com/longform/portugal-drug-use-decriminalizatio...
The argument is that people are going for legal more potent, more dangerous drugs in US because much harmless marijuana is illegal (Just as when alcohol was prohibited people switched from wine and beer to moonshine). This is true everywhere including US. Not just Portugal. So when relatively harmless recreational drugs are decriminalized, people won't go for fentanyl or oxy.Then of course we have the moral argument. The addicts are an extremely at risk, isolated, poor community. They c
It looks like Portugal is having some serious issues with decriminalization.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/07/portugal-dru...