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“In Portugal, We Fight the Illness, Not the People Who Suffer from It”

IPS
Tuesday, July 31, 2012

joao-goulaoPortugal’s anti-drug policies have been gaining international visibility since this country's 2001 decision to eliminate all criminal penalties for personal possession of drugs. Decriminalisation of drug consumption, still opposed by political sectors like the right, was made possible by “favourable public opinion…it arose from society,” where virtually every family had a member or friend with a drug abuse problem, says João Goulão president of this country’s Institute on Drugs and Drug Addiction.

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decriminalization | harm reduction | portugal
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