The Guardian
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When Portugal adopted an official policy of decriminalisation, it allowed a broad range of services that had been struggling to tackle the heroin crisis, to work together more effectively. The shocking thing is that more countries have not followed their lead.


Portugal’s radical drugs policy is working. Why hasn’t the world copied it?
The long read: Since it decriminalised all drugs in 2001, Portugal has seen dramatic drops in overdoses, HIV infection and drug-related crime
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