Portugal Decriminalized All Drugs In 2001—– Overdose Death Rates Now Only 17% Of European Average
By Christopher Ingraham at The Washington Post Portugal decriminalized 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 […]