Legalisation, no, but decriminalisation, yes: Take for example Portugal: Almost 1% of the population was addicted to heroin a couple of years ago, as the count

Legalisation, no, but decriminalisation, yes: Take for example Portugal: Almost 1% of the population was addicted to heroin a couple of years ago, as the country moved away form a dictatorship and found freedom (also coming from a colonial war). With decriminalisation, and by treating addicts as patients, instead of criminals, the panorama improved greatly. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/evaluating-drug-decriminalization-in-portugal-12-years-later-a-891060.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/evaluating-drug-d...