From the perspective of reducing actual deaths and other drug related harm, Portugal's policy is in fact working. You can read a rebuttal to that Wapo article h

From the perspective of reducing actual deaths and other drug related harm, Portugal's policy is in fact working. You can read a rebuttal to that Wapo article here: https://www.econlib.org/was-portugals-experience-with-drug-decriminalization-so-bad/ https://www.econlib.org/was-portugals-experience-with-drug-d...