Portugal has some pretty good results from their drug policy: http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/03/14/portugal/ http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwal

Portugal has some pretty good results from their drug policy: http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/03/14/portugal/ http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/03/14/portugal/ "Evaluating the policy strictly from an empirical perspective, decriminalization has been an unquestionable success, leading to improvements in virtually every relevant category and enabling Portugal to manage drug-related problems (and drug usage rates) far better than most Western nations that continue to treat adult drug consumption as a criminal offense."