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Board Politics & Society
Re: Portugal decriminalised all drugs - now hardly anyone dies from overdoses
by
Will.i.am Shakespeare
on 08/06/2015, 19:51:49 UTC
Portugal decriminalised the use of all drugs in 2001. Weed, cocaine, heroin, you name it — Portugal decided to treat possession and use of small quantities of these drugs as a public health issue, not a criminal one. The drugs were still illegal, of course. But now getting caught with them meant a small fine and maybe a referral to a treatment program — not jail time and a criminal record.


This is exactly what the rest of the world needs to realize. Use the money you would spend locking up people from drug possession on rehabilitation and education. I think they should go one step further and regulate drugs all together.