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Portugal decriminalised drugs 14 years ago – and now hardly anyone dies from overdosing
http://www.independent.co.uk/new…
The country has 3 overdose deaths per million citizens, compared to the EU average of 17.3
Portugal decriminalised the use of all drugs in 2001. Weed, cocaine, heroin, you name it — Portugal decided to treat possession and use of small quantities of these drugs as a public health issue, not a criminal one. The drugs were still illegal, of course. But now getting caught with them meant a small fine and maybe a referral to a treatment program — not jail time and a criminal record.
- In this chart, France which strongly criminalize drugs usage has half the overdose rate of Spain which decriminalized it. So where's the link ?gonzalle
- what about romania?pablo28
- shows that compassion and decriminalization works. making equals into criminals because of personal choices isn't success in my opinion.imbecile
- ^ if true then spain should be doing better than france, as gonzales pointed outGnash
- lots of single women in Estonia i'm thinking...robotron3k
- So annoying the dodgy guys in the centre of Lisbon trying to push drugs - there's gov posters up that highlight the fact it's not pot but bay leaves.shapesalad
- As my mum used to say, "Only ill people need drugs.".shapesalad
- What did she have to say about people who simply want drugs?detritus
- In America you can buy heroin on one corner, get treatment on the other corner or go to jail on the other corner. Meanwhile Big Pharma is making billions!utopian
- Decriminalization is only part of the reason Portugal has seen such success.i_monk
- and finally we have a winner... @i_monk - have a free bag of smack.fadein11
- Why is Canada not on the list? Shits cray here.pango
- ^ just europeGnash
- Because, unless my geography is waaay fucking off, Canada isn't part of Europe.face_melter
- I mean, why isn't Mars on that list. Or Narnia? Cunts be dropping like flies there.face_melter
- pmslfadein11
- or Trumpland!fadein11
- oddly, canada only just started national data on OD deaths. some provinces didn't track it at allGnash
- English Canada is still very Protestant about poverty and such.i_monk
- Oh... Right right... Shot my self in the foot...pango
- Are drugs equaly available, equaly part of culture, equaly desired, and equally affordable throughout Europe? Absolutely not.chukkaphob
- *equallychukkaphob
- So this graph is useless nonsensechukkaphob
- To mean anything, this graph needs to be adjusted to show drug overdoses per drug use (not per mill population)chukkaphob
- the graph is fine, it states facts. the problem is in the post or article that tries to explain the numbers or the why._niko
- It's more interesting to see the difference between how countries deal with and build narratives around addiction. Do Portugal call all this a 'War on Drugs'?Ianbolton
- This article offers a bit more of information:
https://www.nytimes.…dmay - y compare 1 to other? it's treating people like humans & drugs like an option instead of a crime. how do u miserable fucks still find something to bitch about?imbecile
- (it wouldn't be qbn then, would it?)
:)Gnash - good point :Dimbecile
- still, no legal weed...ESKEMA