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'This is working' [27-03-13] Twelve years ago, Portugal eliminated criminal penalties for drug users. Since then, those caught with small amounts of marijuana, cocaine or heroin g...
Towards a ceasefire [23-02-13] Partial reforms have their limits. Most drug crime is not cannabis-related. Moving from punishment to harm reduction may help drug users, but it leave...
Major victory for President Morales: UN accepts “coca leaf chewing” in Bolivia [14-01-13] Bolivia will again belong to the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs after its bid to rejoin with a reservation that it does not accept the treat...
Bolivia wins a rightful victory on the coca leaf [11-01-13] Today the Plurinational State of Bolivia can celebrate a rightful victory, as the country can become formally a party again to the 1961 Single Convent...
David Cameron urged to take 'now or never' step on drugs reform [10-12-12] David Cameron should urgently set up a royal commission to consider all the alternatives to Britain's failing drug laws, including decriminalis...
Portuguese drug policy shows that decriminalisation can work [10-12-12] The Home Affairs Select Committee in the United Kingdom report on drug policy draws on lessons from Portugal’s decriminalisation of drug possession an...
Portugal: Ten years after decriminalization [26-11-12] In 2001, a small European country, Portugal, took a brave step, changing its drug policies and refocussing its efforts away from arresting and crimina...
Latin America looks to Europe for drug fighting models [17-11-12] Latin American countries are turning to Europe for lessons on fighting drugs after souring on the prohibition-style approach of the violent and costly...
Prevalence of daily cannabis use in the European Union and Norway [15-11-12] This report brings together, for the first time in Europe, an integrated overview of the prevalence of intensive cannabis use, defined as daily or a...
Portugal progresses toward integrated cannabis regulation [25-10-12] In recent years there has been much talk of the so-called “Portuguese model,” based on an initiative that led to the use of illicit drugs being decrim...
Once a model, crisis imperils Portugal's drug programme [13-08-12] Portugal's famously liberal drug policy has been held up as a model for other countries - Norway is considering adopting parts of it and countr...
“In Portugal, We Fight the Illness, Not the People Who Suffer from It” [31-07-12] Portugal’s anti-drug policies have been gaining international visibility since this country's 2001 decision to eliminate all criminal penalties f...
U.S. says drug abuse needs treatment, not just jail [23-05-12] The United States sees drug abuse as a public health problem as much as a crime issue and is seeking to learn from countries in Europe and elsewhere a...
A resounding success or a disastrous failure [05-01-12] Two observers and scholars of the 2001 Portuguese drug policy reform consider divergent accounts of the reform which viewed it as a ‘resounding succes...
Portugal and the drug war [23-11-11] Portuguese drug policy and the drug treatment system are not without challenges and problems. No system is perfect and operates within a constantly ...
Minister considers Portuguese drugs strategy [04-11-11] Junior Health Minister Roisin Shortall, who is in charge of Ireland’s drugs strategy, said she had an "open mind" in relation to Portugal’s ...
Obama: Drugs Should Be Treated as "Public Health Problem" [28-01-11] In an online town hall session yesterday, U.S. President Barack Obama suggested that, while he is not in favor of drug legalization, he does believe...
Ten years of decriminalization in Portugal [29-07-10] Ten years ago, in July 2001, Portugal decriminalized the use and possession of all illicit drugs including cocaine and heroin. Under the new legal fra...
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