Portugal and the Results of Drug Decriminalization

The data appears to show that Portugal’s drug decriminalization law may have led to overall increases in marijuana and some other drug use but it has also reduced many drug-related public health problems.

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[jfarris4417]

Drug use is about freedom of choice. Any law against drug use is a violation of human rights.

[buff001]

If you own your own body, nobody has any right to tell you what to do with it. "Vice" crimes are not crimes at all in any meaningful way.

Drug abuse is a medical problem. Abusers should be in rehab, not in prison learning to become a hard criminal.

[sh4p3shifter]

@johammbass the UN and EU suck big corporate penis.

[WeAskThePeople]

the marked increase in cannabis use is MOST LIKELY because there are more people coming out of the shadows... out into the open... the COPS won't BUST US ANYMORE right.. well , we can relax a bit , huh

[WeAskThePeople]

it should NEVER have been made ILLEGAL in the first place.. ---------------- REMEMBER THAT ------------------- no REGULATIONS , no TAXES , no PRISONS , no DEA SWAT RAIDS no ASSET CONFISCATION , no GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION ! nick off OBAMA. ! VOTE >>>>>>>>>>NO PROHIBITION <<<<<<<<<<<< VOTE FREEDOM & HUMAN RIGHTS. No compromise. GO the TOMATO MODEL. ... free to GROW & USE as we DECIDE.. USA government is full of IDEOLOGICAL MORALIST FUNDAMENTALIST morons. they DO NOT OWN my BODY & my MIND !!!

[capnhands]

they should legalize all drugs in Mexico. Can you imagine the money and jobs they'll get?

[johammbass]

What a retard. Of course it is still "illegal" to have drugs in Portugal. And that is only because of the international agreements that Portugal is obliged to comply with. What a moron.

[godthisisannoying]

@pedrogradex yeah, times really changed for the better. 10 years ago the fear of getting mugged by an addict at needle-point, or the stories of addicts robbing stores or cars or whatever for drug money, were common place. For all the crap the Portuguese Government did (and does) in regards to corruption and poor management, the drug decriminalization program had a truly palpable and positive effect on society, and should be examined on its own merits as an example for others to follow.

[doldei]

If you treat a drug addict like the PACIENT he is, instead of a criminal , it is destined to widely reduce drug usage ! We just help them, instead of giving them a label and putting them ( us ... ) into jail ! There is no real question or doubt !

[pedrogradex]

Ok, now some sense of reality. I am portuguese. Born and raised in Lisbon. I am now 33, so i know then and now. Portugal is not a drug or sex tourist resort. Drugs are not legal, you can`t sell them for a living, you`ll go to court and jail. The diference is, instead of locking addicts in drug and criminal infested jails, and spending money in that process, we decided to use it to cure and give a chance to those people to become productive and active members of society, not criminals. It worked

[XvChriisvX]

its ok if its your choice to choose to use, but its someone elses problem when you hit them cause your all doped up