You’re ignoring the HIV/AIDS pandemic that was happening amongst drug users in PT. That was dramatically lowered. You also said it led to increased drug deaths

You’re ignoring the HIV/AIDS pandemic that was happening amongst drug users in PT. That was dramatically lowered. You also said it led to increased drug deaths. It very clearly has not led to increased drug deaths. It’s stabilised to a similar level as it was 20 years ago. There are multiple factors to a successful drug decriminalisation and harm reduction policy. I’ve listened to several podcasts by the authors of the Portuguese drug policy on wha their targets were and how they were met (in the case of HIV they were spectacular). It’s not just decriminalisation, there are a lot of different factors at play here. But the basic fact remains I don’t know if any major con to Portuguese drug policy while I do know a large number of pros. Your statement - that decriminalisation leads to drug deaths - does appear thoroughly debunked by PT drug policy.