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Portugal’s radical drugs policy is working. Why hasn’t the world copied it?
When the drugs came, they hit all at once. It was the 80s, and by the time one in 10 people had slipped into the depths of heroin use – bankers, university students, carpenters, socialites, miners – Portugal was in a state of panic. Álvaro Pereira was working as a family doctor in Olhão in southern Portugal. “People were injecting themselves in the street, in public squares, in gardens,” he told me. “At that time, not a day passed when there wasn’t a robbery at a local business, or a mugging.”
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Because then there wouldn't be a war on drugs. We need wars!
yep,cause wars make $$$$$!
We gettin’ edgy, we better find a war
There must be somethin’ worth fightin’ for
Peace is so peaceful, ain’t no way to survive
When nobody hates you, nobody knows you’re alive
We got the guns, we got the iPod store
We got The Savior, you couldn’t ask for more
Take it or leave it,that’s the deal of the day
But if you leave it you get it anyway
USA! USA! USA!
Holy shit, I never knew it was that bad... That's terrible!
I love the strategy though, reminds me of Amsterdam a few years ago. It seems to be practically the only thing that works, so I hope that it'll become more common place.