Saturday, July 4, 2009

Mark Easton's UK: How Portugal treats drug addicts

BBC - Mark Easton's UK: How Portugal treats drug addicts:

"Exactly eight years ago today, on July 1st 2001, Portugal decreed that the purchase, possession and use of any previously-illegal substance would no longer be considered a criminal offence. So, instead of police arresting users, at The End of the World, health and social workers now dispense the paraphernalia of heroin use. "



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