Portugal: Drug Abuse Down by 50%. Was Bigger Government the Answer?

Question by FrankRep: Portugal: Drug Abuse Down by 50%. Was Bigger Government the Answer?
Ten Years After Decriminalization, Drug Abuse Down by Half in Portugal
Forbes.com | July 5, 2011
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/07/05/ten-years-after-decriminalization-drug-abuse-down-by-half-in-portugal/

Portugal Drug Policy: Decriminalization Works
Business Insider | Jul. 17, 2012
http://www.businessinsider.com/portugal-drug-policy-decriminalization-works-2012-7

Portugal decriminalizes drugs — drug abuse drops 50%
Salon.com | Feb. 20, 2012
http://open.salon.com/blog/richard_rider/2012/02/20/portugal_legalizes_drugs_–_drug_abuse_drops_50

Portugal decriminalized drugs a decade ago. What have we learned?
The New Yorker | Oct. 17, 2011
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/10/17/111017fa_fact_specter

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Portugal has proven that drug decriminalization actually works better than bigger and bigger anti-drug government programs.

“The Experts” refuse to listen:

Portugal’s Drug Decriminalization No Model for U.S., Expert Says
http://www.drugfree.org/join-together/drugs/portugals-drug-decriminalization-no-model-for-u-s-expert-says
Drug Free
March 30, 2011

Best answer:

Answer by Mother Hubbard
It’s nicer in places where more of us can feel safe- not be arrested.
I may go on a work-study herding goats there- it matters to me how people are treated.

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