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Portugal decriminalised personal drug possession in 2001. We should not expect the impact to immediately present. It takes years and often decades for these pol
by Gareth321 3y ago
Portugal decriminalised personal drug possession in 2001. We should not expect the impact to immediately present. It takes years and often decades for these policies to affect change. How do you know it’s the reduced funding of rehab programs and not the decriminalisation which caused this issue? Especially given the low success rate of rehab programs.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y agoInterestingly, the opinion of one who reportedly lived there[0] suggests it’s sort of “endemic” in the culture and that government policy (including decriminalization) has had relatively little effect as compared to the decisions made by citizens. Of particular interest to note is the commenter’s perception that this spike is less bad as in the 90s. Not trying to draw any conclusions based on this but it seems just as presumptive to believe that decriminalization has had this negative effect, regardless of how long it takes to “kick in” so to speak. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36643154 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36643154