This. From the article: > It had become clear to a growing number of practitioners that the most effective response to addiction had to be personal, and roote

This. From the article: > It had become clear to a growing number of practitioners that the most effective response to addiction had to be personal, and rooted in communities. Treatment was still small-scale, local and largely ad hoc. > after 10 years of running the CAT in Faro, Goulão was invited to help design and lead a national drug strategy. It seems to me this is really important. You can't just decriminalize drugs on a national level and expect things to improve on their own. These CATs were around for over a decade and seemed a large part of the success.