Atlanteax
07-13-2015, 01:18 PM
http://mic.com/articles/110344/14-years-after-portugal-decriminalized-all-drugs-here-s-what-s-happening
In 2001, the Portuguese government did something that the United States would find entirely alien. After many years of waging a fierce war on drugs, it decided to flip its strategy entirely: It decriminalized them all.
If someone is found in the possession of less than a 10-day supply of anything from marijuana to heroin, he or she is sent to a three-person Commission for the Dissuasion of Drug Addiction, typically made up of a lawyer, a doctor and a social worker. The commission recommends treatment or a minor fine; otherwise, the person is sent off without any penalty. A vast majority of the time, there is no penalty.
Fourteen years after decriminalization, Portugal has not been run into the ground by a nation of drug addicts. In fact, by many measures, it's doing far better than it was before.
http://images.mic.com/8budc1zmvbnjvnxi2pnjt8qbisvp3ctjahonch39ankt25shtu 6loxnvwseryl0m.jpg
http://images.mic.com/trly2yvtiwi9uz5ixabemtimx0minsihj37j0myrmcem33y6xs tz1y7fxortrdnd.jpg
(if people die from drug use, that is okay, just do not provide them with public healthcare on their prolonged death beds)
In 2001, the Portuguese government did something that the United States would find entirely alien. After many years of waging a fierce war on drugs, it decided to flip its strategy entirely: It decriminalized them all.
If someone is found in the possession of less than a 10-day supply of anything from marijuana to heroin, he or she is sent to a three-person Commission for the Dissuasion of Drug Addiction, typically made up of a lawyer, a doctor and a social worker. The commission recommends treatment or a minor fine; otherwise, the person is sent off without any penalty. A vast majority of the time, there is no penalty.
Fourteen years after decriminalization, Portugal has not been run into the ground by a nation of drug addicts. In fact, by many measures, it's doing far better than it was before.
http://images.mic.com/8budc1zmvbnjvnxi2pnjt8qbisvp3ctjahonch39ankt25shtu 6loxnvwseryl0m.jpg
http://images.mic.com/trly2yvtiwi9uz5ixabemtimx0minsihj37j0myrmcem33y6xs tz1y7fxortrdnd.jpg
(if people die from drug use, that is okay, just do not provide them with public healthcare on their prolonged death beds)