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| Permalink View Article Stats The success of drug decriminalization in Portugal Quicklink submitted by Laudyms (Add your own quicklinks easily with the OpEdNews Quick Link Browser bookmark) |
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| In 2001, Portugal became the only EU-member state to decriminalize drugs. Evaluating the policy strictly from an empirical perspective, decriminalization has been an unquestionable success, leading to improvements in virtually every relevant category and enabling Portugal to manage drug-related problems (and drug usage rates) far better than most Western nations that continue to treat adult drug use as a criminal offense. |
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