Not sure how your question is relevant to the parent’s point that US centric problems are probably not the sole cause that portugal’s policies have not been ado

Not sure how your question is relevant to the parent’s point that US centric problems are probably not the sole cause that portugal’s policies have not been adopted, given many countries outside the US also haven’t adopted the policies. But to your question, I would note that drug laws in Japan and South Korea are among the harshest in the world.