This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government
Petition Copy the success of Portugal: Decriminalise the possession of drugs by 2022.
Decriminalise drug possession by 2022. Copy Portugal's success: less drug use, fewer children using drugs, less addiction, less intravenous drug use means less HIV, fewer deaths, fewer hospital admissions, fewer prisoners, less police time, less drug crime, fewer overdoses, less money spent.
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Download report:
Drug Decriminalization in Portugal: A Health-Centered Approach
February 2015 https://www.drugpolicy.org/sites/default/files/DPA_Fact_Sheet_Portugal_Decriminalization_Feb2015.pdf
Download report:
The Effects of Decriminalisation of Drug Use in Portugal:
2009
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/91904.pdf
Article:
Drug Policy Org online report on Portugal's decriminalisation of drugs in 2001:
http://drugpolicy.org/resource/drug-decriminalization-portugal-learning-health-and-human-centered-approach
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKe9R_eiIYA
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