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From what I remember reading recently - the results of the Portugal drug legalization program was a reduction of convictions/prosecutions for drug possesion and
by intended 14y ago
From what I remember reading recently - the results of the Portugal drug legalization program was a reduction of convictions/prosecutions for drug possesion and use.
All those people ended up going into rehab and therapy systems. So it wasn't a slam dunk result, the problem got routed to another system, albeit one more humane to handle the load.
- icebraining 14y agoNo, it wasn't just a reduction in convictions. Drug usage in young people has dropped, and so has the number of HIV/AIDS cases among drug users. Also, even people who weren't caught by the police are voluntarily submitting themselves into rehab in much greater numbers.
- intended 14y agoGreat to hear, if you have a link - please share, I'd love to read up more. Definitely curious as to how drug use has gone down, and I am assuming the incidence rate of aids/HIV has gome down. The last point seems to suggest that a stigma has been removed from getting help, so that great news too.
- icebraining 14y agoI usually know about this from newspapers (I'm Portuguese), but apparently there's a whitepaper by Glenn Greewald on the subject. The paper has an obvious political slant, but the data is solid, and our national Institute of Drugs links to it. http://www.idt.pt/PT/Documents/MontraIDT/2009/greenwald_whitepaper.zip http://www.idt.pt/PT/Documents/MontraIDT/2009/greenwald_whit... There are other documents in the Institute's website. Most are in Portuguese, but there's some stuff in English. Check the dates on the reports, 'though, some are very outdated. http://www.idt.pt/EN/Paginas/HomePage.aspx http://www.idt.pt/EN/Paginas/HomePage.aspx