There's never money for treatment, but there's always money for police and prison. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/07/portugal-drugs-decriminaliza

There's never money for treatment, but there's always money for police and prison. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/07/portugal-drugs-decriminalization-heroin-crack/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/07/portugal-dru... > After years of economic crisis, Portugal decentralized its drug oversight operation in 2012. A funding drop from 76 million euros ($82.7 million) to 16 million euros ($17.4 million) forced Portugal’s main institution to outsource work previously done by the state to nonprofit groups, including the street teams that engage with people who use drugs. "We had a great success. Then we defunded it and it quit working."--Cue shocked Pikachu face