Drugs In Portugal: Did Decriminalization Work?

Nice find.. Its what the american government needs to see... Others have done it with great success... Why should the U.S. Be any different?

 

Wow i agree, very interesting article, great read, thanks for posting

Strange that portugal never became as notorious or even known for its drug laws as amsterdam has become

The results they came up with really are pretty impressive, the policy worked over there quite well, its the type of policy that definitely needs to be replicated in other countries


A few interesting facts i didn't know:

Proportionally, more Americans have used cocaine than Portuguese have used marijuana.

America has the highest rates of cocaine and marijuana use in the world