Very few people are aware that in 2001 Portugal became the first country ever to decriminalize possession of all drugs for personal use, including Coke, Weed, Meth, Heroine etc

If caught with any drug instead of going to prison you are offered help and go before a panel however if you refuse you are not subject to any punishment.

The results of this was that Portugals drug use rate dropped as did HIV infections from shared needles however treatment doubled but that was free and provided by the money saved.

Portugals move to decriminalize all drugs has been considered a resounding success.

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1893946,00.html

You cant argue with what has proven to work against the current situation which obviously is not working.

Gaz

Last edited by Gaz Cooper; 04/07/12 06:36 AM.