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"The number of Portuguese adults who reported prior use of illicit adult drugs rose from 7.8% in 2001 to 12.8% in 2022 — still below European averages but a sig
by sigzero 3y ago
"The number of Portuguese adults who reported prior use of illicit adult drugs rose from 7.8% in 2001 to 12.8% in 2022 — still below European averages but a significant rise nonetheless. Overdose rates now stand at a 12-year high and have doubled in Lisbon since 2019."
That is just the first Google hit.
https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/is-portugals-drug-decriminalization-a-failure-or-success-the-answer-isnt-so-simple/ https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/is-portugals-dru...
- kranke155 3y ago"still below European averages" being literally my point. The prediction (at the time) by those against the program was that Portugal would become a giant Amsterdam, and drug tourism would rise and the country would be awash in drugs and drug users. None of that happened. We are still around or below European averages.
- kranke155 3y agoOP was saying this as if the Portuguese were having second thoughts, not a US institute report.
- alistairSH 3y agoAnd those increases run in conjunction with decreased funding and outsourcing of the programs.
- polygamous_bat 3y ago> The number of Portuguese adults who reported prior use of illicit adult drugs rose from 7.8% in 2001 to 12.8% in 2022 Isn’t this consistent with decriminalization that people aren’t afraid to talk about past drug use? You see similar statistics with, say, people coming out of the closet when homosexuality is decriminalized; which conservatives like to paint as “legalization making people gay”. The OD cases could also be from people more readily calling for help rather than trying to cover up.